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In our conversations with clients, one question keeps coming up these days: “The Canadian dollar has dropped a lot. How is this impacting my investments?” Keep Reading "Protecting your portfolio against currency changes" >
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If there is one question that is common to almost all Newport Private Wealth clients it is this: "How much money do I need to retire without any worries I’ll outlive my capital?” Keep Reading "Retirement planning for the high-net-worth investor" >
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A freak mid-November snow storm didn’t stop some twenty-five young adults from participating in Newport Private Wealth’s popular educational and networking forum, NextWave. Keep Reading "Millennials and money: are they ready for the responsibility of wealth?" >
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Planning for retirement can be challenging. Attempting to balance your need for current income against the risk of outliving your savings is hard enough and, as it turns out, the federal government is not making things any easier. Keep Reading "Manage RRIF rules carefully – or you could run out of money" >
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At our investment meeting this week, one of my colleagues shared the news that he had received a call late the night before from a prospective client confirming his decision to hire us to manage his portfolio. While that itself is not news we’re thankful to say, what was interesting was the ... Keep Reading "How to protect your investments from a market downturn" >
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There comes a point when adult children should be asking certain questions of their parents to ensure that their financial affairs are in order. As parents age, achieving financial independence for retirement is a primary objective and effective planning should start well ahead of time. ... Keep Reading "How to talk to aging parents about their financial affairs" >
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06/11/2014We recently held the spring session of our popular NextWave program, an educational and networking based initiative that helps the next generation of our client families become more informed, confident and financially independent. On an evening in May, a group of young adults in their 20s and ... Keep Reading "A young adult’s guide to smart spending" >
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01/29/2014Equity mutual funds are getting a late Christmas gift this month: they are finally able to drop return data from 2008 from the calculation of their five-year performance numbers. Why is that important? In 2008, global equity markets fell between 30-54% (as if we need reminding!). Given that ... Keep Reading "Risk management is a hard sell!" >
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We hosted our 3rd NextWave event last week in our King West offices where over 30 young adults gathered to learn about and discuss financial issues specifically relevant to the younger age demographic. This NextWave event is part of a larger program to help young adults develop healthy money ... Keep Reading "NextWave – A young adult’s guide to investing" >
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10/17/2013Adult children of wealthy families are not prepared to handle wealth. That is one of the most common concerns among Newport Private Wealth’s hundreds of wealthy clients. Wealthy baby boomers are moving into their golden years, planning for the succession of assets and realizing their adult ... Keep Reading "Are your adult children financially astute?" >