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Investing

The Really Simple Guide to RRSPs

February 4, 2009

This is the time of year when we start to see full blitz media campaigns from banks and financial planners urging Canadians to contribute to their registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs). Unfortunately, they don’t tend to do a great job of explaining what RRSPs are or why you should consider them, beyond veiled references to [...]

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A National Securities Regulator? No Thanks.

January 13, 2009

As investors, we tend to focus most of our attention on our actual investments and pay minimal attention to systems in place to regulate and facilitate them. This is a good thing, as it is evidence of a system that does what it is supposed to do. But that may be about to change.
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How 2009 Is Going to Make You Rich

January 5, 2009

After a well deserved holiday hiatus, MGL is back and more optimistic than ever. From an investment perspective few would disagree that 2008 was a very rough year for most people, but I’m hopeful that 2009 is going to prove much better. No, I haven’t been overindulging in the holiday eggnog, nor have I been [...]

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Donate Securites to Save Tax Dollars

December 18, 2008

In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that donating securities to a charity can offer some attractive tax benefits. A reader wrote and asked me a few questions about this, and my long winded response quickly began to look like a nice blog posting for anyone else who may be interested in this topic.
In Canada, donations to [...]

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