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The approach I take is similar to constructing a strong building. It starts with a solid foundation, then the best materials for the walls and the roof.

How do we start building, secretively?

Get started soon, with a small portfolio, to build financial returns for your future 

By Herman VanGenderen April 4, 2018

Have you kept our secret? You know, our secret about building wealth over time in the stock market. The secret that it’s about buying common shares in solid companies, and holding them for a long time. The longer we can keep this secret the more time we will have to build our portfolios, before others catch on. But […] Read more

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Three farm insurance Q and As

Life insurance and loan insurance is expensive. Get your money’s worth

By Dilia Narduzzi April 4, 2018

There are always outstanding questions about how farmers can use insurance, either as part of a succession plan or just a part of doing business. Here are three questions and answers. Will my family have to pay taxes? When you die, will your family have to pay taxes on your assets, as well the proceeds […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: Life insurance backs succession plan

A widow uses insurance products to assist her son and plan a legacy for her daughter

By Andrew Allentuck March 23, 2018

A couple we’ll call Martha, 60, and Max, 61, farmed in south central Manitoba for four decades. They grew an original 640 acres into 2,400 acres they own personally and through their corporation, and then added another 4,000 acres, which they rent. A son, Ernest, in his mid-30s, has been part of the operation for […] Read more

Columns

Shh… don’t tell anybody. It’s our secret

Using a Tax Free Savings Account to build your off-farm investment portfolio

By Herman VanGenderen March 23, 2018

Of the three main tax-advantaged programs: Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) and Tax-Free Savings Accounts, TFSAs are quickly becoming the investment program of choice for Canadians. Personally I have taken full advantage of all three programs, because it’s hard to beat investment returns inside a tax-free program. The simplicity and flexibility of […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Investing risk and skepticism

Guarding Wealth: Investing with skepticism, not a crystal ball, makes for healthy off-farm portfolios 

By Andrew Allentuck March 19, 2018

Investing, in the broadest sense, is about predicting what will be valuable in future. A century and a half ago, railroads knit nations together. Then came airplanes. Along the way, the greatest empires of central Europe — Germany and Austria — perished, China sank and rose again to produce dollar billionaires faster than any other […] Read more

Columns, Markets

A review of the market fundamentals

Back to basics — the rudiments, the essentials and the nitty gritty details of fundamentals

By Brian Wittal March 7, 2018

When talking about markets you always hear the terms technicals and fundamentals. “Technicals” refers primarily to the historical and present day charting information for a commodity. This includes examining all of the formations, trend lines, etc., to determine where futures prices are going. “Fundamentals” encompasses other aspects that can influence markets — such as politics, currencies, […] Read more

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The case for making cash flow projections

Financial Planning: A cash flow projection is a versatile financial risk management tool

By Craig Macfie March 1, 2018

Preparing a cash flow projection as part of your annual farm budget process could provide a signal that changes are needed for the upcoming year. While it’s true farmers have no control over the weather or commodity markets, we do have control over most costs. With the exception of unpredictable pesticide decisions, annual expenses may […] Read more

Columns, Markets

My answer to “the question”

What Brian Wittal has been telling farmers the markets will do this year

By Brian Wittal February 28, 2018

This time of year the question I get asked the most from producers is “what are the markets going to do this coming year?” I suspect I might have a better chance of trying to explain the meaning of life than trying to accurately answer this loaded question, but I am not one to shy […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Finding value in the stock market

Guarding Wealth: With soaring pot and cryptocurrency stocks, it can be hard to find value in the market

By Andrew Allentuck February 28, 2018

It has seldom been tougher to make off-farm investments. Markets for stocks have been combed for good values and apparent bargains snapped up. The best index of just how picked over is the S&P 500 CAPE ratio, short for the Cyclically Adjusted Price Earnings ratio. It is at 32 as I write this column, up […] Read more

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Life insurance: defining our terms

Financial Planning: Term life. Whole life. Define your problem to choose the best plan for your farm

By Dilia Narduzzi February 26, 2018

Life insurance often gets a bad rap. You know the stereotype: pushy salesperson trying to get you to buy something you think you don’t want or need. But for farmers and farm families, life insurance can be important for short-term needs and long-terms goals. Let’s start with laying out the definitions: term life insurance versus […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

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U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

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How do we start building, secretively?

Three farm insurance Q and As

Farm Financial Planner: Life insurance backs succession plan

Shh… don’t tell anybody. It’s our secret

Investing risk and skepticism

A review of the market fundamentals

The case for making cash flow projections

My answer to “the question”

Finding value in the stock market

Life insurance: defining our terms

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