Why are the world’s largest corporations redefining the role of business?

As the founder and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, host of the Masters in Business Podcast and regular financial blogger for more than 15 years, Barry Ritholtz is someone we have been dying to speak to on the show and who we have taken loads of inspiration from over the years.

Here’s one more set of numbers to think about: What happens to your Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits if your spouse predeceases you … or vice-versa? On the scale of romantic conversations, this may rank right up there with pricing out a new hot water heater. Pretty boring.

The foundation of many Canadians’ retirement is the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). The CPP is designed to replace a certain amount of your average work earnings, up to maximum limits each year. I outline what CPP is, how it works, and how much it might pay out.

A better way to convert savings into retirement income. The defined benefit pension plan, a traditional mainstay of retirement planning, is on its way to extinction.

I recently received a great question from a reader, and I promised him I would follow up with a detailed blog post. Here it is!

In investing and in life, we know we can’t always control the outcomes that occur from the decisions we make. Bad things can happen to the wisest among us. Likewise, even a fool can get lucky.

Joining us on the podcast today is Jonathan Clements, former Wall Street Journal columnist, founder of HumbleDollar and author of From Here to Financial Happiness, How to Think About Money and several other books. Jonathan is a well-known name in the world of personal finance as he has been giving financial advice for more than 20 years.

We have joining us Dr. David Blitzer who is the Managing Director and Chairman of the S&P Dow Jones index committee. He has been there from the time when indexes were barely even being traded and the first time S&P Futures began trading, and since then, indexing has turned into the massive phenomenon we all know today.

In my recent blog post, Breaking Up With Your Vanguard Asset Allocation ETF, I shared a 5-ETF portfolio you could consider for your RRSP accounts.

After a difficult year-end in 2018, stock markets have sprung back in the first half of 2019, fully recovering from the decline in the previous year, and then some. As always, stock markets regularly defy the pundits and refuse to follow predictions.