Category Archives: Money Coaching
Best Tips for Smart Savings
By Janet Gray, B.A., B.Admin, CFP®, EPC, CPCA I often get asked ‘how can I save more?’ This might help to get you started. Which statement currently best describes your situation? Income minus Savings and Needs = Spending Or Income minus … Continue reading
Financial Facelift, Money Coaches Offer Their Best Tips
Our Money Coaches are often asked to offer advice to readers of The Globe and Mail Financial Facelift column. It is a popular feature with readers as it offers a glimpse into someone else financial affairs while offering helpful recommendations … Continue reading
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The Number One Money Must Do for Women Entrepreneurs
By Karin Mizgala, MBA, CFP Women’s rights, economic and otherwise, have come a long way, but the cultural baggage of a male-dominated financial system hasn’t completely left us. Lingering financial gender roles and the still significant gap in pay equity, … Continue reading
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How to Make the Most of Your Inheritance
By Janet Gray, B.A., B.Admin, CFP®, EPC, CPCA Waiting for inheritance is not a solid financial plan. But the fact is, that in 2018 Stats Canada reported that the total net worth of Canadians 65 or older was $2.30-billion, and much … Continue reading
Decluttering Your Money and Taking Control
By Karin Mizgala, co-founder and CEO Money Coaches Canada With tax and RSP season behind you, you may be left wondering what to do with all the financial paperwork that has accumulated over the months or in some cases years. … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting and Cash Flow, Money Coaching
How Should You Invest Your Extra Cash, is DIY Investing Right for You, What is the Best Investing Strategy for Retirement, and More
Karin Mizgala, CEO of Money Coaches Canada, and Daniel Evans, Advice-Only Financial Planner and Investment Coach, sat down recently to talk about choosing between the various investment options, investing strategies for retirement, and the impact from COVID-19. In addition to … Continue reading
Posted in Investing, Money Coaching, Retirement savings
The Joy of Giving Back
By Karin Mizgala, co-founder and CEO Money Coaches Canada I think it’s safe to say that 2020 is a year none of us will forget. And even though we are optimistically making our way forward, the uncomfortable truth has settled … Continue reading
Posted in Money Coaching, Will & Estate Planning
Setting New Financial Goals during the Pandemic
By Sheila Walkington, co-founder and CFO Money Coaches Canada It’s been almost six months since phrases like; shelter-in-place, work from home, physical distancing, and social bubbles, have become part of the daily conversation. Wearing a mask in public started out … Continue reading
Posted in Money Coaching, Relationship to money, Retirement savings
The Financial Realities of Retirement during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Karin Mizgala, co-founder and CEO Money Coaches Canada These are disquieting times. The way we live has been upended. For many Canadians, after their physical health, their financial well-being has been top-of-mind. And while many financial investments have bounced … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting and Cash Flow, Money Coaching, Retirement savings
Is Financial Freedom Still Possible?
By Karin Mizgala, co-founder and CEO Money Coaches Canada COVID-19 has rattled us to the core. It has threatened our health and taken lives. It has damaged our economy and taken livelihoods. It has physically kept us apart, yet we … Continue reading
