Goldengirlfiance.com: Shacking up is hard to do (common law can cost you)

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Tuesday, May 28, 2013
http://www.goldengirlfinance.com/inspiration/?post_id=65

Golden Girl Finance | May 5th, 2010

That song had it right...breaking up is hard to do. But it’s infinitely harder when you add ‘shacking up’ to the equation. Suddenly, though you were too cautious to take the marriage leap (and for good reason if you’re now in break-up mode), you may still have to take on the woes and financial costs of a divorce. And while this can be a good thing in divvying up assets if you were in a very long...


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BNN: Whatever happened to Freedom 55?

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, February 18, 2013
http://www.bnn.ca/News/2013/2/1/Whatever-happened-to-Freedom-55.aspx
 Dale Jackson | February 1, 2013
 
 Freedom 55 was a marketing campaign from London Life Insurance in the mid 1980s that exemplified the optimism of a 25 year bull market in its early stages. The ads showed healthy middle-aged couples climbing mountains and sailing into the sunset.

Fast forward to the post 2007 financial meltdown and Freedom 55 has become a cruel joke. A recent survey by Sun Life Financial found the average Cana...


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Jackelyn Ford These articles have been chosen because they provide a macro view of the financial world. This wide scope of articles can then be applied to aid your own personal financial situation. E.O.E.