by Julia Chung | Mar 25, 2019 | Budgets, Cash Flow, 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,”...
by Sandi Martin | Sep 24, 2018 | Fee Only Financial Planning, Goal Planning, Monthly Spring Update
Now that summer is officially over (boo! hisss!) it’s time for one of our all-time favourite activities at Spring: using what we’ve learned about ourselves to make life better – for ourselves, our families, our team, and our clients. (We swear we’re fun at...
by Julia Chung | Aug 27, 2018 | Big Picture, Cash Flow, Debt Management, Goal Planning, Monthly Spring Update
Just before you slam your nose into the grindstone that September often brings – regardless of whether you have kids in school or work full time, it can still be a thing – let’s stop and consider: What is it you want to achieve in the back half of this...
