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Scary Times: Three strategies to reduce your anxiety

May 15, 2025 by Arnold Machel, CFP® Leave a Comment

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Lately, clients have been coming into my office and expressing shock and awe at how well their portfolios have done. I’d love to take the credit, but for the most part it’s been due to a mismatch between reality and a perception caused by media coverage. Things just aren’t as bad out there as you might believe if you based everything on what you heard in the media. Never in … [Read more...] about Scary Times: Three strategies to reduce your anxiety

It’s a taxing time

April 16, 2025 by Arnold Machel, CFP® Leave a Comment

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Six strategies to lower your tax bill for 2025 Yuck – it’s tax time... again! Maybe you’ve already completed, filed and paid for the year. If so, then way to go! You are in a very proactive minority. There aren’t a lot of stats about when people file, but a survey in 2019 indicated that on April 2, 51percent of British Columbians had yet to file their tax returns. If you … [Read more...] about It’s a taxing time

Where there’s a will: 5 estate planning pitfalls to avoid

March 3, 2025 by Arnold Machel, CFP® 1 Comment

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Let’s just start off with a huge caveat. I am not a lawyer. I don’t prepare or give advice on the preparation of wills, powers of attorney or representation agreements. I do, however, help people to understand the financial implications of their decisions and so I often help guide people with those items. In short, I work with families and lawyers to assist in good decision … [Read more...] about Where there’s a will: 5 estate planning pitfalls to avoid

Christmas in February

February 17, 2025 by Arnold Machel, CFP® Leave a Comment

Christmas in February

Taking advantage of temporary legislative changes On November 15 of last year, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers initiated strike action, suspending delivery of mail in Canada. In this day and age of email and online payment systems, postal strikes do not have anywhere near the negative consequences as in the past. Our clients choose for the most part to receive their … [Read more...] about Christmas in February

Generosity, Part 2: Love leads to generosity

November 14, 2024 by Arnold Machel, CFP® Leave a Comment

Generosity part 2 - Love Leads to Generosity

Generosity Part 1: Love love Love leads to generosity. That makes sense, doesn’t it? It certainly does to me. Imagine your kids or your spouse or anyone else you love. Don’t you just want to give them good stuff? To put it more biblically, if your son asks for bread, would you give him a stone instead? I don’t think it’s just me, I think that almost all of us tend to be … [Read more...] about Generosity, Part 2: Love leads to generosity

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