What's on your list?

 May 27, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
What do you want to do before you kick the proverbial bucket? I’d like to go sky diving, drive on the Autobahn, go on a scotch tour & play golf in Scotland, visit the floating markets in Thailand, learn a fourth language and go on an African safari, to...
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#WeTheNorth

 May 13, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
I’ll be the first to admit that while I am a mediocre sports fan throughout the year, I am a real bandwagon fan when a Toronto team is winning – and as such, I’ve been on the emotional Raptors rollercoaster for the past several weeks enduring late nights...
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Too much of anything is never good

 May 06, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
Without really meaning to, I had Sushi every day this week – and while it is certainly delicious, a friend of mine seemed rather alarmed by the amount of fish I had consumed and suggested I make a point of diversifying my meals next week. Being someone...
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IN-TES-TATE

 April 29, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
Noun | a person who has died without having made a will Adjective | (of a person) not having made a will. Use it in a sentence: Prince died intestate. Simply put, this means that your provincial government decides how your assets will be divided - not...
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Breaking up is hard to do

 April 22, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
I had to make a hard decision this week – I broke up with a client. My wealth management practice is a collection of amazing people – all of you know this first hand because like likes like. And because fit is so very important to me, I aim to ensure...
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

 April 01, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
Did you prank anyone for April Fools’ day today? I can never seem to keep a straight enough face to fool anyone. If you got someone good, I’d love to hear about it. A prank we’ve seen time and time again is the divergence between our heart and our mind...
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Budget Surprise

 March 25, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
The new Liberal government delivered its first federal budget on March 22nd in Ottawa this week. While you’ve probably seen plenty of media coverage, I thought you would appreciate an overview of how some of the budget items relate to investments and...
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Living the retirement dream

 March 11, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
Last weekend, Mark and I got on a plane to visit the in-laws in Florida and to play “retired” with them for a few days. For the past 3 years, Tracy and David have put their snowbird wings on and flown to Sebring, Florida to their lively retirement community...
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Super Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday...

 March 04, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
While Tuesday this week was known as Super Tuesday in the US, the entire week was in fact quite super with respect to global markets. What is Super Tuesday? According to Investopedia, “Super Tuesday refers to the date in the U.S. presidential primary...
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Procrastination by association

 February 26, 2016 |Dian Chaaban
The RRSP contribution deadline for this year is Monday, Feb 29th – not the typical March 1st you may be expecting because this year, as you may have already noticed, is a leap year. Every year, it’s the same story; a chaotic and panicked ritual of making...
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