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Starting January 1, 2022 you can contribute an additional $6,000 to your tax-free savings account (TFSA). This brings the lifetime contribution limit to $81,500 total, provided you were at least 18 years old in 2009.
With a TFSA, you have the ability to contribute up to the maximum allowable anytime during the calendar year. Any unused contribution room carries forward.
In an investment universe where stocks are at or near all-time highs, bond yields and interest rates near all-time lows it is becoming increasingly difficult to find investment opportunities offering a favourable risk-reward ratio or securities deemed undervalued.
If I had to choose one adjective to describe the mining sector the previous month and a half it would be "sleepy" or perhaps like "watching paint dry". The traditional summer doldrums have certainly in full effect and this year feels exaggerated compared to most.
If you are like me, you have probably been made aware that life insurance is an important part to estate planning and tax-free wealth accumulation. However you might have many questions - such as:
A popular topic of discussion within the investment community and rightly so is "have equity markets bottomed"? Though we don't get to find out until after it has occurred, here is some data and interest facts that may help you better answer this pressing question and help you through your investment performance.
Consider the following facts:
Recently we conducted a web conference to introduce PI Financial's discretionary managed accounts program (more info here).
After last week's blog about PI Financial's discretionary managed accounts program, I had received several emails from clients asking about the 6 unique portfolios overseen by our interna
In my last blog post (read here) I highlighted PI Financial's discretionary managed accounts program. This program is overseen by our internal portfolio management team who manages six unique model portfolios consisting of mid to large cap equities, bonds and ETFs.
I believe we are in the early stages of a significant bull market for precious metals, namely gold & silver, and the precious metals equities. The previous bull market for gold and silver (and the equities) was roughly from September 2008 - September 2011.
As highlighted in my previous blog post here, I believe we could see a short term bottom in the cannabis sector near this year's tax-loss selling deadline of December 27th.
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