Robyn on CTV Your Morning: How to Find the Right Financial Advisor
Money expert, Robyn Thompson, joins us in studio with what to keep in mind when to find the right financial advisor.
Apr 15, 2025 1 min read
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Robyn on The Social: Take Control of your Money in 2025
Robyn Thompson joins The Social to discuss how to take control of your money this year.
Robyn on CTV Your Morning: Preventing elder financial abuse
As the Baby Boomer demographic ages, elder financial abuse is becoming more prevalent. Robyn recently joined CTV Your Morning with some tips on how to identify and prevent this insidious form or...
Much-needed help with family finances
Keep a few basic principles in mind At times, the world of money, money management, and investing can seem a mysterious, possibly perilous, place. Do you really need to know about the yield curve and central bank policy before making an investment? Will your...
Hearts and flowers and money
Getting serious? Get serious about money too Couples getting seriously romantic on Valentine’s Day often take that first step to tying the knot. Congratulations! But before things get too far advanced, it might be an idea to have another kind of heart to heart –...
Financing tips for first-time home buyers
Home Buyer’s Plan, mortgages, new home savings plan Every first-time home buyer is faced with the challenge of financing their purchase. This comes with two elements: the down payment; and the mortgage. How can you scrape together a down payment? Saving like...
What you need to know about RRSPs
How much you can contribute, what investments you can hold For most Canadians, a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) is still the single best way to grow a retirement nest-egg while deferring taxes. In fact, it is such a powerful retirement savings vehicle...
How to get your portfolio back on track
This 5-point annual review can reveal weak spots Your investment portfolio is the cornerstone of your wealth accumulation plan over the long term. Whether your investments are in non-registered trading accounts or in tax-sheltered plans like RRSPs and TFSAs, you...
Robyn on The Social: Beat the debt trap
Post-holiday debt blues got you down? Robyn recently joined hosts Melissa Grelo, Cynthia Loyst, Lainey Lui on CTV’s The Social with some tips on the psychology of debt and how to break the credit card...
Year-end tax-cutting tips
Still time to save on 2022 taxes With year-end just around the corner, there’s still time for a few tax strategies that could cut this year’s tax bill. Here are some of my favorite year-end tax-saving tips. Contributions to registered plans Registered plans...
Black Friday binge, Red Monday remorse
How avoid that sinking (bank account) feeling “Red Monday Remorse” typically follows the Black Friday spending binge. It’s the day you realize you’ve changed the colour of your budget from black to red. The same thing happens in the weeks leading up to Christmas....
Avoiding cryptocurrency scams
How to dodge investment fraud and protect your money High-flying cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in early November. Billions of dollars are missing or unaccounted for according to reports, and the eventual financial ramifications of the FTX...