Episode 0Introducing Rob Carrick's Retirementality
How much money are you saving for your retirement? Will it do the job? If you've ever wondered if your money will be working hard even once you're not, The Globe's personal finance columnist Rob Carrick will help you get in the right frame of mind.
Suggested reading:
- Read more of Rob's personal finance coverage here:
- Want to hear Rob in person? Rob will be speaking at the Investor Intelligence event on November 14, 2018
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Episode 1Young and Careless
In this first episode, Rob explains why you should be thinking about retirement in your 20s, even though you may have 40+ years in the workforce ahead of you.
We talk to:
- Shannon Lee Simmons, financial planner and the founder of the New School of Finance
Suggested reading:
- Rob lays out four simple ways for millennials to get started here: Gen Y: Your guide to getting started saving for retirement
- For some more tips, check out this:Younger investors, here’s how to get fee breaks and other little-known perks at online brokers and robo-advisers
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Episode 2The School of Hard Knocks
How do you get serious about retirement savings in your 30s and 40s while juggling the costs of housing and raising a family?
We talk to:
- Dan Bortolotti, an associate portfolio manager and financial planner at PWL Capital, as well as the author of index investing blog Canadian Couch Potato
Suggested reading:
- Our most irrational financial habit? Cheaping out on retirement saving is a good read for those who need some motivation to save for retirement.
- Check out The Globe's Real Life Ratio calculator to see if your mortgage is keeping you from fulfilling other important financial obligations:Is your mortgage leaving you house poor?
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Episode 3Walking the Plank into Retirement
In this last episode, Rob talks about how to get maximum traction as you head into the final stretch as a saver toward retirement.
We talk to:
- Rona Birenbaum, founder of financial planning firm Caring for Clients and co-founder of the online financial planning platform Viviplan
Suggested reading:
- Given that a lot of traditional measures of retirement readiness are close to useless, here's The new way to tell if you’ve saved enough for retirement
- Earlier this year, Rob explained Why it’s even harder to save for retirement for women
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About Looking Ahead
Looking Ahead: The Retirementality is a personal look at the challenges of retirement planning by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick. Rob tackles retirement from the point of view of millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers using his own experiences and advice from financial planners. Tune in to find out how to get your retirement planning on track.
Looking Ahead: The Retirementality is hosted by Rob Carrick and produced by Kasia Mychajlowycz. The show's executive producers are Stephanie Chan, Katrina Bolak and Sean Stanleigh. Art was created by Jeanine Brito.
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Email Rob at rcarrick@globeandmail.com
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