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I do this weekly, if not daily, using Microsoft Money. The built in "Lifetime Planner" (and cash flow scenario tool) do exactly what you're describing, effortlessly.
Things like, "What if I...

I read a quote the other day that went something like, "the size of your bladder makes it impossible for lattes to ever bankrupt you."

If you take it literally, sure, but the attitude it takes to...

Resurrecting an old discussion, I did some more fiddling in MS Money after I noticed "Book Value" (ACB) was drifting substantially from values reported by my online discount brokerage.

The cause...

You can open a TD Every Day Savings account that costs nothing. (one withdrawal transaction per month is free - unlimited deposits) This can act as a gateway to move cash out of the whole TD...

TD Waterhouse TFSA and non-registered accounts have no fees. Their RSP has a $25 annual fee below $25,000 balance so you may as well stick with your existing TD Canada Trust RSP.

My TD branch...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023514/Joan-R-Ginther-won-lottery-4-times-Stanford-University-statistics-PhD.html

For some, apparently, the lottery is an opportunity to which applying...

Excellent! Thanks for the links guys!

We ditched the CostCo membership a year or so ago after finding that we could do better with a combination of price-matching and coupons at places like Food Basics, Loblaws/SuperStore, or Walmart.

Why not complete a degree that would widen your employment opportunities instead of deepening them? An MBA would fit with that, as well as feeding the megalomania. ;)

Regarding "underpaid labour" in countries that manufacture the goods we produce, a discussion that never seems to happen is "what does a loaf of bread cost?" There's an initial shock of hearing of...

Canadian Couch Potato and this forum's own Canadian Capitalist have written a number of articles on currency hedged funds.

Here are a few links of interest:
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I went Teksavvy four years ago and haven't looked back.

I'm on DSL though for this reason: I don't subscribe to cable or home phone service.

When I called Teksavvy recently to ask if I could...

I recently read the "MoneySense Guide to Retiring Wealthy" in which several retirement scenarios are detailed, ranging from "wealthy" to "living on government cheques." Even under current CPP/OAS...

I'm not convinced a prolonged bear market would result in a worse return from an all equity portfolio, assuming adequate diversification.

Imagine 100% equity sliced and diced:

25% Canadian...

Jumbalaya,

Forgive me if I'm repeating some of what's been written already; I only skimmed the responses to date.

Your government pension reduces your RRSP contribution room. You'll have...