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Age 55 comes with even more stress than you’re already dealing with. Suddenly, retirement is knocking at the door. That’s when rules such as “have six times your salary saved” start appearing. Helpful? Maybe. Yet salary tells you surprisingly little about how much retirement will actually cost.

Someone earning $120,000 with a paid-off mortgage could need less...

For investors looking to build a pension-like portfolio that can pay you monthly, starting with high-quality dividend stocks and REITs could be the way to go. Still, the frequency of dividend payments should matter far less than the price paid and the divide...

Quebec voters delivered a political earthquake Monday night. That said, investors don’t necessarily need to rearrange their portfolios with the furniture.

The Parti Québécois won 59 seats and about 28% of the vote, returning to power after more than a decade. Yet it fell short of the 64 seats needed for a majority. The Liberals won 40 seats, the Conservatives 1...

Dividend investors have a new competitor, and it doesn’t need earnings growth, a turnaround plan or a CEO promising “disciplined capital allocation.”

It’s the Government of Canada.

The benchmark 10-year Government of Canada bond yield finished October 1 around 3.9%, while the long-term benchmark reached 4.3%. Suddenly, a dividend stock yielding 3%...

GICs (Guaranteed Investment Certificates) are an incredibly popular investment among risk-averse investors who don’t want to risk a penny of their principal. Of course, no risk tends to mean very limited rewards in the world of investment. And while there...