Retirement Planning

If you’ve filled up your TFSA, does it make sense to claim an RRSP deduction?

How to confidently spend your money in retirement, advice from a retiree on enjoying life and how much is too much in your RRSP

How credit card travel rewards beat cashback

Tax & Spend: Worries about tax cuts at the pump are just so much vapour

Why annuities look more attractive right now, one senior’s take on sudden retirement and insurance advice for snowbirds

Gordon Pape’s mailbag: Seeking a retirement fund, safe haven dilemmas and other investing concerns

‘Stopping work was like coming off of coffee,’ says this 64-year-old retiree

Lorraine landed her first big job, can she afford to buy a home in three years?

Why many retirees are writing memoirs and how a comfortable retirement is costing more

Rob Carrick: Paid off your mortgage? It might be time to invest in your house

Can Jeff and Vera afford to retire, travel and still help their children financially?

Is life getting too expensive for retirement saving?

Why home ownership is not the key to a comfortable retirement

Should Eileen sell her house to pay off the mortgage before retirement?

Brampton man, 27, with $25,000 in student debt is helping pay his parents’ mortgage: ‘I want to give my parents a chance to retire’

Rob Carrick: ‘Our mortgage is paid off – what should we do with the money we used to pay every month?’

Why parents should get their own finances in order – before saving for their kids

What older parents should know about paying for their child’s wedding, GICs to consider now that rates are creeping higher and CPP advice for older entrepreneurs

Montreal project manager, 23, is investing up to 80% of his $55,000 salary

Why some retirees go back to work, two questions Canadians should ask before dismissing annuities, and options for using a locked-in RRSP

Can Thomas save for retirement while also paying a new mortgage?

Too many people still have their winter tires on

Gordon Pape’s mailbag: Bank tax, drawing down RRIFs, TFSA management and other investing dilemmas

Why more seniors are hitting the greens, the best global cities to retire in and advice on calculating non-contributory years for the CPP

Gordon Pape: With urgent changes needed to fix Canada’s retirement system, here are my proposals

Tax-free first home savings account: Three way to make the most of it

Laid off Ottawa bank teller, 27, keeps spending while job hunting: ‘I haven’t stopped living’

How parents can use the new Tax-Free First Home Savings Account for kids

How to cut your kids out of your will, inflation is sending some retirees back into the workforce and advice for couples on deferring CPP

Tips for becoming a green thumb in your senior years, why retirement is ‘the best job I’ve ever had’ for an Ontario man and tips on converting an RRSP early

TFSA 101: What to know about tax-free savings accounts in Canada

Gordon Pape’s mailbag: Dumping bonds, seeking TSX-listed tech ETFs, collapsing RRSPs and other investing dilemmas

When it comes to investing, slow and steady does win the race

New Tax-Free First Home Savings Account provides flexibility

‘Retirement is the best job I’ve ever had,’ says this frequent traveller