You Want Financial Success?
You Need A Plan!
Start by identifying your goals:
- Worry-free retirement?
- Warm weather winters?
- Financial freedom (you can work at what you want, when you want)?
- Do you want to leave some money behind when you are gone (because you can't take it with you)?
- Kids, Grandkids, Charities?
- Vacations?
- Real Estate?
- What is most important to you?
- Short-term goals and Long-term goals.
- Give it some thought. Write it down.
Now, how are you going to get from here to there?
- What are your total assets now (including pensions, RRSP's, TFSA's, RESP's, other savings, Real Estate, Insurance policies (cash value)?
- What are your liabilities (debt)?
- Assets - Liabilities = Total Net Worth
- What are your incomes?
- What are your costs of living?
- Annual income - Annual expenses = savings.
Forecast Your Wealth:
- What is the annual rate of growth of your assets (after expenses: fees, taxes and other costs)?
- Add in your savings (after taking income growth and inflated expenses into consideration) and compound the growth each year (this is where it can really start to work for you).
- Maximize the tax-efficiency of TFSA's and RRSP's.
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