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Scammers Are Getting Smarter in 2022: 5 Ways to Spot Them Online, Over the Phone and In Person

September 8, 2022 Technology Privacy & Security

As people grow to recognize scams, scammers grow more sophisticated. Here are 5 tell-tale signs that you may be dealing with a scam.

Investments Keeping You Up at Night? Managing Stress During Market Volatility

August 10, 2022 Investing

Handling investments during a volatile stock market is stressful. Consider these financial stress-management tips before letting investment anxiety get the best of you.

How Could the Behavior Gap Affect Your Investments During This Time of Market Volatility?

June 13, 2022 Investing

Explore 4 ways that momentous events can affect investment decisions — and how to remain balanced amidst the fear.

Corrections Are Normal

May 19, 2022 Investing Market Updates

Since the beginning of the year, we have seen stock markets grind lower with most broad based markets now down nearly 20% year-to-date. It's therefore natural that human behaviour would make us pause with concern. During these turbulent times, investors are often asking themselves, "Should I cash out and just go to cash? When will the bleeding stop? Is my retirement in jeopardy?".

Expect slower U.S. economic growth but not an equity bear market

May 12, 2022 Investing Market Updates

The U.S. economy surprisingly contracted by 1.4%, on a seasonally adjusted and annualized basis, for the first quarter of 2022. The consensus expectation for Q1 GDP, according to Bloomberg, was for a 1% gain, much slower than Q4 2021 GDP of 6.9%.While the number was negative, there were some positive components to the final number...

Budget 2022 - Housing Ambitions Funded By Big Finance

April 11, 2022 Taxation Budgeting

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 Federal Budget on April 7, 2022. Housing and affordability took the main stage with numerous measures aimed at tackling housing access, affordability, and improvements.

Fed rate-tightening—interest rates are going up

April 11, 2022 Investing Market Updates

March 2022 The U.S. Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the first time in more than three years and has indicated that they plan on increasing rates in subsequent meetings, depending on the data. Here is our take. [Manulife Investment Management]

Market Update Q1: An uphill start to 2022

April 11, 2022 Market Updates

An uphill start to 2022: War in Ukraine and Fed rate tightening. The first few months of 2022 have been rough for investors.

Tax receipts and slips schedule for 2022

March 23, 2022 Taxation

To help you organize your paperwork and know more timelines, we've created a table to list the different types of tax receipts and slips we prepare.

Marco P. Gil

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