Retirement

Genders split on investments, retirement

Men are not only from Mars and women are from Venus but the two sexes apparently live into two different timelines as well: the future and the present. According to a study conducted by BlackRock’s iShares business in Canada, Male investors live for the present while cautious female investors are looking ahead to the future. […]

By John Powell |November 1, 2010

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Dividend stocks likely your best bet

If you think the current low-growth/low-rate environment is hard on clients in their accumulation phase of life, think about what it means to retirees. Traditionally, retirees could count on interest payments from bonds to fund their retirement, but short-terms interest rates have been in the toilet for over a decade now, leaving few new opportunities […]

By Steven Lamb |October 29, 2010

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Funding Boomer retirements

Life goes by so fast. Believe it or not but the oldest of the Baby Boomers are set to turn 65 in 2011. This will trigger the beginning of a rising wave of retirements that will peak within the next two decades. This global trend towards retirement is even more significant in Canada where the […]

By Wilmot George |October 27, 2010

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Health, wealth go hand in hand

RBC and the University of Waterloo have joined forces on a retirement planning and retirement living report. The ‘Your Future by Design Retirement Research’ report released today blends academic research with financial knowledge to develop practical retirement solutions and advice. The highlight of the report is the notion that Canadians need to understand not only […]

By John Powell |October 26, 2010

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