When it comes to dealing with money, there are two simple ways to break it down: things you can control and things you can't. Once you understand the things that you can control, the next thing is to "try" not to worry about the things you can't. Here are my top five ways to take control.

It is clearer than ever that most Canadians have to fend for themselves when it comes to retirement. For most retired Canadians, the combination of an employer's Defined Benefit Pension Plan, CPP and Old Age Security (OAS) provided them with a secure retirement lifestyle. This is not the case in 2013. Why?

When I'm lecturing to students I like to ask them how much a $100 pair of shoes costs. The most common answer is $100 plus tax. Would you believe me if told you it could be as much as $1,376.46? As a 20-year-old, if you convinced yourself not to buy the shoes, and invested it instead -- with an assumed rate of return of 6 per cent -- you'd have $1,376.46 by the time you were 65 years old.

As the needs of the workplace change, economic stability remains uncertain and some adult children move back home, retirement is no longer a given tha...

Retiring used to mean working until age 65, then spending your free time working on your hobbies such as gardening or even sitting on the porch. But w...

MONTREAL - Young people apparently aren't optimistic that they'll enjoy a comfortable retirement, with 80 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 18...

To achieve your retirement goals and truly make your dreams come true on your own terms it takes two very crucial things: financial planning and life...

TORONTO - A new RBC poll suggests Canadians are increasingly concerned about their ability to finance retirement because of saving for their children'...

Does the word “retirement” scare you? Is it a far-off goal or just around the corner? No matter where you are in your career path, you should b...

Many of us hate organizing our financial lives but love dreaming about our futures. That might be part of the reason that only a third of women have a financial plan. It comes down to the myths we have built up about financial planning.

TORONTO - Dwindling pension benefits are forcing many Canadians to rethink how they’ll spend their golden years, but that doesn’t necessarily mean...

Canadians are putting off their retirement plans and working at least two years later across all education levels, Statistics Canada says. ...

TORONTO - A new poll suggests many Canadian boomers could be surprised about the timing of their retirement.The Ipsos-Reid survey of people aged 50 or...

Most Canadian private sector taxpayers are blissfully unaware of the existence of a wonderful bonanza public sector workers enjoy at their expense -- namely, the Canada Pension Plan bridge benefit. But if people were fully informed about the special treatment accorded to public sector workers, one aspect of which being the bridge benefit, they likely would have been less willing to jump on the bandwagon of later retirement for themselves.

PARIS - France's new Socialist government moved Wednesday to lower the retirement age for certain workers to 60 years old from 62, bucking the trend i...