Michael McFadden - Financial Planner

04/12/2025

I'm excited to be participating in 2025 Hockey Helps the Homeless Ottawa and need your support to help reach my fundraising goal! Please consider donating to this great cause.

Join us at the Richcraft Sensplex on April 24th, 2025 in support of our local homelessness beneficiary: Shepherds of Good Hope!

04/14/2024

They say that there’s nothing certain but death and taxes, but does that certainty also apply to tax increases in the upcoming federal budget? Find out more in this week's The Week Ahead

04/09/2024

Are you familiar with the term "Implied Volatility"? Here's what it means and how it works.

Implied volatility (IV) is the market's forecast of a likely movement in a security's price. It is often used to determine trading strategies and to set prices for option contracts.

04/07/2024

It’s still the case that inflation looks tamer than most thought it would be a year ago. But one component has been dragging its heels towards tamer levels: rent. Read more in this week's The Week Ahead

04/03/2024

The art is not in making money, but in keeping it.

03/20/2024

Hope is not a financial plan.

03/06/2024

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

03/05/2024

A new survey finds that Canadian investors have a misconception when it comes to sustainable investing: that sustainable, ethical, or responsible investing costs more.

Perceived cost of "going green" keeps many Canadians away from sustainable investing

03/03/2024

In this week's The Week Ahead, Avery Shenfeld analyzes why our finance ministers are still struggling to contain deficits and borrowing needs even when our unemployment rate is so low.

03/01/2024

Canadians believe they will need $1.7 million to retire, according to a new survey, but expect to have to save even more before they stop working.

Millennials believe they will need $2.1 million saved in order to retire.