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Canadians have access to a plethora of tax-preferred vehicles for saving and investing, each of which provides unique planning opportunities and trade-offs, as well as their own rules and conditions that must be followed. With so many options, determining the best use for each type of account as part of a comprehensive wealth plan can be challenging. The attached table summarizes the key features of the most common registered plans and links to articles with more detailed information.
Download this article as a PDF. The transfer of family businesses to the next generation has long been a contentious tax issue. Owners rightfully expect the same tax benefits when selling their businesses to their children or other relatives as if they had sold to a third-party purchaser. Fiscal policy,
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Planning for the financial needs of a person affected by a disability requires a multi-faceted process involving both financial and non-financial considerations. An RDSP is just one element of the beneficiary’s and their family’s larger life, tax and estate plan.
While there are challenges and hurdles to overcome, the potential benefits of blockchain are too great to ignore, which is why Wall Street is finally taking the big plunge to enhance the efficiency and transparency of capital markets.
While introducing innovation may lead to job losses in the short term, it also creates new employment opportunities. Innovation drives economic growth and creates new markets, industries, and jobs. Rather than fearing technological progress, we should embrace it and work to ensure that all members of society share its benefits.
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With the collapse of FTX and the fraud surrounding the crypto space, many have jumped to the incorrect conclusion that the era of blockchain is over, done, akin to the long list of bubbles throughout history. Unfortunately, fraud happens all the time. As former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan states: “Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere.”
Since 2020, I’ve been one of the few holy fools that put forth the thesis that aggressively raising rates into a highly levered global economy would result in another financial crisis. My sin was questioning aggressive rate hikes based on the belief that low unemployment causes inflation.
In today’s current market environment, we see the forces of inflation and deflation are at work. Central bankers are and should be concerned about price stability, but too many assume that price stability is only a one-way street.
“A new technology bids to transform the human cognitive process…redefine human knowledge, accelerate changes in the fabric of our reality and reorganize society.” These are the words of Henry Kissinger on the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential impact of ChatGPT
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