Try to hold your fixed income positions inside your RRSP

Since your RRSP is a tax-sheltered environment your investments and investment transactions lose their tax identity while they are inside it. In other words,

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Stop Working Too YOU Still Can!

Stop Working Too: YOU Still Can! Personally, I preferred his earlier books, Stop Working: Heres How You Can! and The Lazy Investor. but its

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Is Your Lazy Portfolio a Little Too Lazy Probably Yes

Hey, it’s the holiday season. It’s OK to be a little lazy, right? Well, maybe in some ways. Eating too much turkey, watching too

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Investing 101 Strategies for Your Lazy Portfolio Investing IQ

The word, “lazy,” rarely has a place in serious discussions, especially where money is concerned, so it’s a bit surprising that financial experts and

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Counterparty Risk Problems With Credit Default Swaps

I am sticking my neck out a bit on this post, since the credit default swaps market doesnt garner much coverage, so any readers

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Know Your Asset Cost Basis Climbing the Financial Mountain

By: Ron Hawks | October 15, 2014 Every asset you own has tax basis. Normally, this basis is the original purchase price plus any

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How to Determine the Taxable Cost Basis of Municipal Bonds

Instructions Understand the tax status of municipal bond earnings. Although interest income is tax-free, capital gains resulting from appreciation in the price of the

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How to Calculate Taxes on Municipal Bonds

In our last article we told you how to tell if a specific municipal bond is tax free.  There are still scenarios where you

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Do you know your cost basis s CPA Accountant Advisor and Advocate for the Small Business

Do you know your cost basis? 9/17/2013 When it comes to stocks, bonds, or other capital assets your cost basis is extremely important unless

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Cost Basis Reporting How it Affects Your Taxes

When you sell an investment, your gains or losses depends on your cost basis. If you sell for more than your cost, you end

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