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The best of the web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick.
Worst time ever to retire?
There are some serious challenges facing today's retirees, including ultra-low interest rates. But this U.S.-focused article offers both some perspective for retirees, and suggestions on how to ensure your retirement is financially secure.
Here's a column I wrote this week on five financial realities dictated by our increasingly long lifespans.
How students can eat on the cheap
All about soup, pasta and other friends of the college or university student trying to live on a budget.
What to do with bonds
The chairman of the giant investment firm BlackRock offers some thoughts on what to do about bonds, which have been falling in price lately.
Toronto real estate at its finest
Presented for your amusement – a blog that highlights the weird, wild and wacky in Toronto's real estate market.
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