Posts Tagged ‘financial planning’
How to Design Your Retirement Income: An Overview
With so much advice on retirement, sometimes it’s hard to know what to do. How do you put all the details together to get the retirement income you want with the minimum lifetime tax? Quite a few people asked me questions about retirement income in response to my last video. In my latest video, you’re…
Read MoreWhat Financial Question Is on Your Mind?
What burning financial question is on your mind? What topic(s) would you like me to tackle next?
I post a video or article on my blog, YouTube & my email list every Thursday and try to make it as relevant to you as I can. I am asking you now to find out what is most relevant for you.
Read MoreSuperinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville – Warren Buffett article 1984
This is a classic article written by Warren Buffett about a few of his value investing friends, all of which vastly outperformed the market as skilled investors. Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville – Warren Buffet article 1984 A must read that can change your understanding of investing. Enjoy! Ed
Read MoreYour FREE passes: See my talks at the #1 online event – Canadian Financial Summit 2022
The online Canadian Financial Summit is coming up the week of October 12-15. It’s the #1 personal finance event of the year. As a reader of the Unconventional Wisdom blog, here are your FREE passes for a limited time. With these FREE passes, you can watch all the talks. You can also offer your friends…
Read MoreWhy You Need A Growth Mindset
If there is one video you should watch of mine – it’s this one. It is my underlying outlook on life and financial planning. This is the outlook that leads to financial success. In my latest YouTube video, you’ll learn about the differences between a fear-based mindset and a growth mindset, and how wealthy people…
Read More5 Best Ideas To Optimize The Smith Manoeuvre
Is your mortgage tax deductible? You know the basics about the Smith Manoeuvre. This video is about the practical issues you may run into and how to maximize the benefits. We are Canada’s Smith Manoeuvre experts and have helped thousands of families implement it. Many “Smith Manoeuvre experts” just offer you a mortgage and leave…
Read MoreDo Bonds Still Make Sense For Retirement Savings? The Debate
My recent video saying bonds are dead as an investment has started a debate on MoneySense and industry forums. Here is what the bond advocates are missing: It’s a financial planning issue. For example, if you and your spouse earn $50,000/year each ($100,000 total) and you want to retire on $80,000/year in today’s dollars in…
Read MoreCreating the GPS to Financial Freedom (Video from “4 Pillars of Entrepreneurship Summit”)
Excellent video that summarizes our practice. It’s worth your time to understand: The profound change in your life a Financial Plan can give you. How Unconventional Wisdom creates very different and far more effective advice for you. I was recently interviewed for the 4 Pillars of Entrepreneurship Summit, an online summit of entrepreneurs talking about…
Read MoreCovid-19: Making Wise Investment Decisions during the “Great Pause”
Remember February 2009? Stock markets had fallen more than 40% over 6 months. What did investors do? They sold more stocks that month than any other in history – at the market low! It was followed by the longest bull market in history – 11 years and 2 days from March 10, 2009 till March…
Read MoreCreating the GPS to Financial Freedom (Talk at 4 Pillars of Entrepreneurship Summit)
I’m thrilled to have been interviewed for the 4 Pillars of Entrepreneurship Summit, an online summit of entrepreneurs talking about their experiences. Interesting video with my insights into “Creating the GPS to Financial Freedom”. The organizer is Annie Hardock, a woman who is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and those wanting to become an entrepreneur. She…
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