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GG Finance: Oh Canada! Our home & expensive land

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Friday, June 27, 2014

http://goldengirlfinance.com/inspiration/?post_id=1629

Golden Girl Finance | July 15, 2013

The high cost of being Canadian

The True North may be strong but it isn’t exactly free. At least, not from a household finance perspective.
Last winter, a British economic research group concluded that the cost of living in the UK is 11% higher than the international average and 18% costlier than living in the United States.
No surprise there, right? We have all heard stories or had our own experiences of...

GlobeAdvisor: We're not planning for our failing health

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Tuesday, June 3, 2014

http://www.globeadvisor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/gam/20120614/SRRETIREPROSPERATL
Noreen Rasbach | June 14, 2012

Live long and prosper: For many, retirement planning means working with a financial adviser to figure out how much we need to save in order to live comfortably and provide some sort of legacy for our loved ones.

And Canadians are living longer - the average life expectancy at birth, according to Statistics Canada, was 81.4 years in 2011, almost two years higher than in 2001.

But ...

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Jackelyn Ford

Financial Advisor, Kelowna

These articles have been chosen because they provide a macro view of the financial world. This wide scope of articles can then be applied to aid your own personal financial situation. E.O.E.