Learn From Mistakes of Two Political Leaders When Preparing for Retirement

Learning from the mistakes of two political leaders can make us understand how important it is to plan for retirement, writes Peter Watson. Beware when planning for retirement. Life does not always evolve as you might have hoped. Key assumptions are made about when you will retire, and the cash flow needed to maintain your […]
Use Technology to Help you With Your New Year’s Resolution

Using technology can be useful in achieving your New Year’s resolution, writes Peter Watson. This year’s New Year’s resolution comes with a suggestion that you increase your chances of success by using technology A starting point is to decide what life objective do you want to build towards. Do you have a dream wish? Examples […]
Many Older People Need Better Financial Advice

Many older Canadians are not getting the proper financial advice, writes Peter Watson. The quality of the financial advice you get from your advisor is both understandable and concerning. Younger investors aged 18 to 34 are not happy with their financial advisor, according to a Vanguard study. Only just over one in three felt they […]
Investment Regulation Can be a Negative for Investors

In our modern-day world regulation and compliance issues seem to be everywhere. My observation of regulation is it continues to get more complex and more time-consuming. That is certainly true in the investment business. On a positive note, I agree there should be a high standard of conduct for people providing financial planning and investment […]
Better financial management is needed in Ontario

There is a level of hypocrisy on how our Ontario government implements financial management, writes Peter Watson. On a positive note, starting next year Ontario students must achieve 70 per cent on a financial literacy test as a requirement to graduate from high school. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said one of the skills taught will […]
Will Trump Issues Cause a Stock Market Crash?

What we know from history is stock markets can be very volatile when the world is nervous, writes Peter Watson. There is potential for periods of nervousness ahead. Donald Trump, the former president, was recently found guilty on all 34 counts by 12 members of the jury. Immediately after receiving the verdict, he staged an […]
Businesses are Failing

The cruel reality of owning a business is sometimes they fail, writes Peter Watson. There is financial hardship within the business community. Some businesses are closing their doors. We recently went on a shopping outing in a different community. The stores seemed surprisingly deserted. One business owner explained what we noticed. Business activity in their […]
Government Debt is a Risk for Canadians

Government debt is a financial risk that affects us all, writes Peter Watson. Will the mountain of federal and provincial debt cause Canada to go into a financial tailspin? Let’s consider the facts. The recent federal budget projected a deficit of $40 billion. This will add to our debt which is already over $1 trillion. […]
April Showers Bring May Flowers

A comparison between how flowers grow and investing, writes Peter Watson. Today we are going to look at investing through the eyes of Mother Nature. Humans often rate the weather as good or bad. Sun is good. Rain is bad. The same rating system can be applied to investing. Stock market increases are good but […]
Disappointing Federal Budget

The federal budget was disappointing, writes Peter Watson. This federal budget was a missed opportunity. But first we will start with a positive. The budget contained many strategies designed to build more housing units. These ideas were publicized in previous weeks. Affordable housing is an issue for Canadians and a political requirement if the Liberal […]