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Estate Planning: Questions from our Virtual Chat
Topic:
Wealth Planning
Excerpt:
Helping clients with their estate planning is something we do here at Nexus. However, we are often involved in identifying the best tools for the

Escape to the Country
Topic:
Wealth Planning
Excerpt:
The popular BBC television series, Escape to the Country, has been running since 2002, and is syndicated worldwide. In its 655 episodes since that

When Should I Start my CPP Payments?
Topic:
Tax Planning
Excerpt:
The majority of working Canadians will be eligible to collect income from the Canada Pension Plan at some point in their lives.

The (U.S.) Taxman Cometh
Topic:
Tax Planning
Excerpt:
Like the medical patient who expects to endure a fair bit of poking, probing and prodding from the doctor, clients of financial providers have had to

Uncertainty… Who Needs It? Apparently, We Do.
Topic:
Investments
Excerpt:
It is not exactly a revelation to say that uncertainty contributes to stress. In “normal” times – take 2019, for example – three common sources of

What a World!
Topic:
Human Interest
Excerpt:
You don’t need to read a blog from your most trusted investment advisor to realize that 2020 might go down as one of the most notable and difficult

Medical Progress: How Far We’ve Come, But Still a Long Road Ahead
Topic:
Human Interest
Excerpt:
A recent volume of the New England Journal of Medicine found its way to my reading pile last week. The first article was titled “Four Decades of

A Tax Planning Strategy that Still Works – And is Getting Better
Topic:
Tax Planning
Excerpt:
When it comes to strategies that help you save tax, good news has been in short supply these past few years. That will change beginning July 1st, 2020

COVID-19 Has Highlighted the “S” in ESG
Topic:
Investments
Excerpt:
“ESG” has become a powerful three-letter “word” in the investment world in recent years. The letters stand for three criteria on which any company can

Swimming Naked
Topic:
Inside Nexus
Excerpt:
Warren Buffett has a wonderful line. “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.”