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...
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...
How to stay virtuous and grow your wealth in 2023 The holiday season always seems to be a time of excess. Excessive eating, drinking, partying…and spending. For many people, it’s a time when the bonds of financial inhibition are loosened. Trouble is, the financial...
Inflation is raging, interest rates are soaring. How do you adjust your personal finances to cope? Robyn recently joined CTV’s The Social with some tips on managing your personal debt, mortgages, savings, and...
Dealing with money can seem like an insurmountable obstacle for many. But it doesn’t have to be. Robyn recently joined CTV’s Your Morning to chat about the psychology of money and explode some of the myths around spending, saving, and...
DPSPs, Group RRSPs, and IPPs In today’s highly competitive labour market, employers have been upping their game to attract and keep the best talent. Offering lucrative group benefits for employees and premium pension benefits for executives as part of an enhanced...
Rules for RESP withdrawals Those with kids going on to post-secondary education next month may be in for a case of sticker shock. In Canada, an average four-year program will cost about $70,000 including tuition, books, board and lodging, and living expenses. It’s...
Rates are rising, and consumers are feeling the pinch, everywhere from the supermarket to buying a new house. Robyn recently joined hosts Melissa Grelo, Cynthia Loyst, Lainey Lui on CTV’s The Social with some practical financial tips for dealing with rate-hike...
How to navigate a real estate market in transition Unless you’ve been away on a very long vacation for the past seven months, you know that inflation has been raging and interest rates have been steadily climbing. There have always been direct consequences of that...
Before you do, ask the right questions North America’s stock markets are at or approaching bear market territory – that is, where their stock indexes have lost 20% or more from recent highs and have not quickly bounced back. Only Toronto’s S&P/TSX...
It can be hard to think of tracking your spending, saving for a rainy day, and cutting debt when prices are soaring and you have even less money to save, but you will thank yourself later. Robyn is featured in this Chatelaine magazine article on five never-fail...
Practical strategies for real-world challenges Freshly-minted grads get all kinds of advice, from the stock commencement speeches to well-meaning words of wisdom from relatives, friends, and parents, all of whom have “been-there-done-that.” Some of it is actually...