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It's Personal Finance Canada Christine Conway, Cameron Conway
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Helping you understand , budgeting, investing, insurance and all things personal finance from a uniquely Canadian perspective. Featuring Christine Conway, a Certified Financial Planner, author and owner of Braun Financial. Along with her husband Cameron Conway, an author in his own right whose trying to better understand this wide world of personal finance.
*This is for entertainment purposes only, please consult a local certified financial planner to assist you in developing your financial plan.
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The Power of Compounding
Compounding, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems. This week we talk about how the concept of compounding interest can either be you best friend or greatest enemy when it comes to your finances. What is the difference between good debt and bad debt, how compounding is different than your rate of return and why is the number 72 so important.
If you live in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan or
Manitoba let us help you take care of the people you love and visit braunfinancial.com
DIY Investing at: https://get.modernadvisor.ca/braun-financial/
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Leaving a Legacy
Live your life in a way that no one wants to dance on your grave. This week we ask the question, “Why do I need to leave a legacy?” and figure out what happens to all of our hard work and things when we are gone. In terms of money its all about maximizing the gifts, minimizing the taxes, setting timing of receipts. But its all more important than money alone.
If you live in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba or Ontario let us help you take care of the people you love and visit braunfinancial.com DIY Investing at: https://get.modernadvisor.ca/braun-financial/
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The Power of Achievable Goals
The best way to achieve a goal is to just lower the bar. This week we set a goal to explain how to best achieve your goals and more importantly how to structure those goals in a way to make them easy, challenging and fulfilling.
If you live in British Columbia, Alberta or Saskatchewan let
us help you take care of the people you love and visit braunfinancial.com
DIY Investing at: https://get.modernadvisor.ca/braun-financial/
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Why are Funds So Expensive in Canada?
To make money you have to spend money, so that means the more I spend the more I make right? This week we jump into the Investo-dome for Fund-a-mania 2024 to see which type of investment fund comes out on top. We’ll talk about index funds, mutual funds and segregated funds and find out why all of them cost as much as they do and see how each of them could benefit your financial goals.
If you live in British Columbia, Alberta or Saskatchewan let
us help you take care of the people you love and visit braunfinancial.com
DIY Investing at: https://get.modernadvisor.ca/braun-financial/
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Canada’s Poverty Report Card
We did it bureaucrats, we saved the country from income inequality, now everyone is poor. This week we check in with several new reports on the growing trend of poverty in Canada and how 25% of people are struggling to cope with this new reality. Canadians are suffering from a perceived loss of control, increased stress and other related issues and are looking for a way back into the middle class lifestyle.
If you live in British Columbia, Alberta or Saskatchewan let us help you take care of the people you love and visit braunfinancial.com
DIY Investing at: https://get.modernadvisor.ca/braun-financial/
Keep the conversation going on our Facebook Page and Group: https://www.facebook.com/itspersonalfinancecanada
Useful Resources:
New StatsCan survey: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/survey/household/5378
Food Banks Canada Report: https://fbcblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net/wordpress/2024/06/FBC_2024PovertyInCanada_ENG_v6.pdf -
Money and Addiction
There’s only one way to truly deal with my deep emotional struggles… Shopping Spree! This week we review “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts” by Gabor Mate and talk about how the same underlying roots of addiction influence our poor spending choices. Better understand what our brain is doing and how we try to cope through addiction, spending and other long term destructive patterns done to make each day more bearable.
If you live in British Columbia, Alberta or Saskatchewan let
us help you take care of the people you love and visit braunfinancial.com
DIY Investing at: https://get.modernadvisor.ca/braun-financial/
Keep the conversation going on our Facebook Page and Group: https://www.facebook.com/itspersonalfinancecanada