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By Ian Ardill In today’s world, sometimes it is possible to believe that everything is broken and there is no hope. I don’t think this is an accurate belief.  Instead, yes:  some things are broken.  But there is hope that we can fix them, and about where our future can

By Ian Ardill A new episode of my video show, Money Match! During the pandemic, only 16% of total US retail sales were done online. Today it is only 13%.* That’s just one key takeaway from my conversation with Chris Wood, Founding Partner of Revesco Properties Trust. Chris and his

By Ian Ardill  This summer I had the pleasure of interviewing John Courtliff, CEO and Portfolio Manager at ICM Asset Management, on my video show, Money Match.  I really like that ICM gives our clients the opportunity to participate in institutional-grade development projects.*  ICM is an alternative investment manager

By Ian Ardill I could not be more pleased to tell you that Alejandra Zambrano, Financial Strategist, is officially our newest advisor!   Ale (pronounced “Allie”) recently scored a 90% average across four insurance exams. She is currently working on her securities license, which she will receive in the new year.

By John Ardill Many retirees have a difficult time maintaining a purpose in life. I want to address that in this blogpost. A recent Netflix documentary caught my attention. It is called “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones.” It is fascinating and well worth the watch. You may

By Ian Ardill Amid volatile markets and turbulence in the economy, our private investments have performed very respectably.  We are honoured to continue building portfolios that are custom tailored – unique – to each client. An investor who owned an index last year would have performed as follows[1]: TSX: down

  By Ian Ardill  Al Derges, may he rest in peace, was the father of Adam Derges, a founding partner at Raintree Financial Solutions.  Al was known for sticking with his values and ethics above all else.  In his name, each year there is an award given to the advisor

By Ian Ardill  How does this sound: The investments you make in a given fund are fully deductible against income in the year you invest. Over the life of your investment in the fund, it is designed to deliver 115%+ total tax deductions against your income. When you withdraw money

By John Ardill In retirement, you will be free from your career.  But will you be free from technology? Until very recently, I certainly wasn’t.  Having been a financial planner for 40 years, I still frame things up in financial terms, so I asked myself:  what return on time I

  By Ian and John Ardill  As you likely know, Ardill Group is a family business.  And when a family business gets passed down from one generation to the next, it can be disastrous.  For family members’ relationships with each other, and then for their relationships with clients. That didn’t

By Ian Ardill Recently I had the pleasure of seeing an absolutely riveting talk about inflation and deflation.  The presenter was Drummond Brodeur, Senior Vice-President and Co-Head of Macroeconomic and FX Strategy, CI Global Asset Management (and the event was the National Investment Forum in Vaughan). Especially fascinating was his

By Ian Ardill It’s that time of year again!  To think about registered accounts, that is. Most prominently RRSPs – because the deadline to make 2022 contributions, March 1, is fast approaching. I am pleased to say that last year, we invested more client money than ever in registered accounts,