The Canadian Capitalist - who also runs a personal finance blog - has written a fantastic summary of the up-to-date (for 2007) RESP rules along with a general description of how RESPs work.  …

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Okay guys, I've made a few tweaks to the site but if anyone has any changes they would like to suggest, I'm all ears! Basically I've added a full list of ALL POSTS in the Archives landing page so that …

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An "Exchange Traded Fund" or ETF as they are more commonly referred to, is kind of like a mutual fund that trades on a stock exchange and can be traded like a stock.  But there is more …

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Quite simply, a dividend is a payment made to shareholders that represents part of the profit that a company makes.  Since the shareholders own the company, they own the profits too. The …

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I thought I would throw this one in there because I had a client call up today and this fit her situation exactly. She mentioned that she had a new job and was now taking the train to work.  I …

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I've done this a couple of times, and I know others would be willing to if they knew.  We've all gone to see a movie and had to sit next to a bunch of young kids who seem like the last thing they …

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