Investments Archives - Luft Financial

July 3, 2019

Protecting your Investments for Estate Purposes

When we invest our money, we have a reasonable expectation that our initial investment will appreciate over time. As we get older, we tend to want to take less investment risk, especially if there is a goal to pass on some of our investments to our beneficiaries. Often seniors feel trapped into investing in GIC’s […]

October 12, 2018

Macroscope: Market correction – An opportunity to Buy the Best Companies at bargain prices

As long-term investors, we have learnt that it pays to stick to your investment plan and not get swayed by market volatility or negative headlines.

October 10, 2018

Are your kids going to post secondary school?

It’s that time of year again! Time for RESP withdrawals. Contact us & we will send an email response requesting all the information we need to process your withdrawal.

August 8, 2018

Distributing estate assets & avoiding potential estate conflicts

When clients sit down to write out their estate goals, they almost unanimously want to ensure that their money is passed down to surviving family members, paying the least amount of tax possible.

July 12, 2018

Bank of Canada raises rates: Should your mortgage be variable or fixed?

The spread in Canada between a five year fixed rate and a five year variable rate is currently at best 84 bps.

May 1, 2018

2 best stocks to buy now

Vancouver-based portfolio manager and chartered financial analyst, Elvis Picardo takes a look at recent market volatility and finds two stocks, both already giants in their sectors, as the two best stocks to buy now.