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How to preserve a non-registered account for retirees yet minimize taxes? First, ttagger your sells and don't trade all/many stocks in a single year. Also, you can sell any capital losses to offset gains. If a stock is up $10K and you don't want to sell it all, then sell half of it to to offset another holding that's a capital loss. But remember, you can't buy back the exact same security you sold within the first 30 days; instead, buy something very similar or keep the cash. Overall, sell your stocks very slowly over many years to minimize taxes.
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When you must wtihdraw from your RRIF, what to do with that money? If you have a spouse, you can make the RRIF withdrawals. Also, you can withdraw now, not at 71 which is the limit to withdraw from a RRIF. Sure, you pay a little more tax sooner, but there's less to sell in the RRIF later. You can withdraw $6,000 and put it into a TFSA and never pay tax on it. A note: in your late-60s/early-70s, you can still travel, but no one travels when they reach 80. So, if you're in your late-60s and healthy, travel now--don't wait!
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My bank offered me a $30K line of credit with 3% up front over 10 months. I'm paying $900. What should I do with that $30K to invest over 10 months yet write-off that $900? Do you have any non-deductible debt? (No.) If so, pay it off. Interest is only deductible only for things that earn capital gains. So bonds and GICs make no sense; buy stocks. Buy if you're in the stock market for only 10 months, then you're speculating, not investing. Look for things that are cheap, but buy two or three things totalling $30K--and pray it works out. He won't say which geographies to buy, but diversify to lower risk.
DON'T BUY
He likes socially responsible ETFs, but not this one. This is not a true ESG ETF. Rather, this is a proxy for Canadian large-caps, like bank and big corporate stocks that have governance rules like equal-opportunity hiring. For a true ESG product, find one that's actively (not passively) managed. It's worth the higher management fee.
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ZWU or ZWE Both are good defensive strategies. ZWE: He's not that bullish on Europe, but at least you get income from writing the covered calls here. ZWU: Utilities are much less volatile and more stable, yet expose you to Europe. If you belive in Europe and playing defence, then both ETFs are fine. These two ETFs are highly correlated, rising and falling together. Note that utilities are risk-off, not for you if you have long-term bullish.
E.T.F.'s
(A Top Pick Apr 08/19, Down 1%) An ESG product for MSCI EAFE to get exposure outside North America, so it's very good for diversifying your portfolio. (Overall, he expects markets to be rangebound globally for the rest of 2019.)