by Julia Chung | Jul 22, 2019 | Cash Flow, Investing, Monthly Spring Update, Personal Finance
We love, love, love summer. It might seem odd, given that our name is “Spring,” but there is a method to the madness. See, we love summer so much that we spend a lot of time planning for it, to get it right and to maximize our enjoyment. It is the same approach we...
by Julia Chung | May 27, 2019 | Cash Flow, Income Tax, Monthly Spring Update
It has been an eventful month of May here at Spring, with tax season at an end and multiple statements, returns, and updates flowing in from all of you and your accountants. We hope you are as invigorated as we are about all the planning that you can do now that you...
by Julia Chung | Mar 25, 2019 | Budgets, CPP, Monthly Spring Update, Personal Finance
Budgets, budgets and more budgets. The Federal Budget was released on March 19, and you can find our summary here. Some provinces have already released their annual budgets and more are rolling in. If you’re reading as many finance newsletters as we are, you’ll have...
by Julia Chung | Jan 22, 2019 | CPP, Monthly Spring Update, Personal Finance, Personal Financial Planning
Happy New Year!! Feel free to attack this month’s blog content in bits. Like everything else in January, it’s just best to take it at your own pace, as we have lots to talk about, starting with the markets and moving into tax updates, TFSAs & RRSPs, CPP...
by Sandi Martin | Nov 27, 2018 | Big Picture, Goal Planning, Monthly Spring Update
It’s the home stretch, friends. Even though we all know calendar years are arbitrary, that humans celebrate the new year at different times, and that your personal and financial growth can’t possibly be measured in tidy 365 day increments, the end of one year and...
by Julia Chung | Oct 29, 2018 | Fee Only Financial Planning, Goal Planning, Monthly Spring Update, Personal Finance
For many of our clients, one of the most frustrating moments of working with expert advisors is when you have this realization: There is rarely one “right” answer. Even when you process this initial realization, and think to yourself, “Sure, everyone is different,”...
