Michael Seguin - IG Wealth Management

09/02/2026

Business owners are some of the most disciplined investors I know.

Just not in their own name.

Everything goes back into the business. More staff. Better equipment. Growth. Whatever the business needs it gets funded because the returns feel real and immediate.

Personal investing gets whatever is left. Which over many years tends to add up to less than anyone intended.

The thinking makes sense early on. The business is the priority. The opportunity is there. Personal wealth can wait.

Except waiting has a compounding cost too. Just one that doesn't show up on any statement until the question becomes urgent.

What I see with the business owners who feel most secure is that at some point they made a decision to treat their personal financial life as non negotiable alongside the business. Not a lower priority. Not what gets funded after everything else. An equal commitment.

The amounts don't have to be dramatic. The consistency is what matters.

Because the business creates the income. Personal wealth is what creates the options.

And options are what give you control over how the story ends.

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09/01/2026

Could higher oil prices and the AI buildout reshape the investment landscape? Philip Petursson, Chief Investment Strategist at IG Wealth Management, joined BNN Bloomberg this morning to discuss why geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions could keep oil prices higher for longer, creating opportunities in the energy sector.

He also explored how growing AI infrastructure needs could fuel demand for commodities, while AI adoption itself is already driving productivity gains across businesses. Watch now: https://ow.ly/6ZWR50ZHolp

08/31/2026

It’s back-to-school season, and that includes your portfolio. Register for our September 10 webinar, where IG Wealth Management’s Philip Petursson and Ashish Utarid will help you make sense of the markets and get positioned for year-end. Register now: https://ow.ly/W9ru50ZGHaE

08/31/2026

Three stories, one lesson: fundamentals matter. Read our commentary to get our insights on this week’s markets. https://ow.ly/eynt50ZGL3V

08/28/2026

Philip explains why the U.S. Treasury is acting like a homeowner refinancing a mortgage and why the market saw through it almost immediately. Listen now: https://ow.ly/Qfi550ZGH9t Subscribe, rate and review now.

08/28/2026

Most business owners are incredibly disciplined about reinvesting in the business.

That same discipline almost never gets applied to their personal financial life.

And the gap that creates is bigger than most people realize until it's too late to fully close it.

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08/27/2026

To celebrate IG's 100th anniversary, IG Advisors offered 100 of their top financial tips. Which ones could help you the most? Talk to u s to find out how these tips could help boost your financial plan.

08/27/2026

What are the markets telling us that the headlines aren't? Despite ongoing concerns around tariffs and trade, Philip Petursson, Chief Investment Strategist at IG Wealth Management, pointed to a market supported by solid earnings and healthy fundamentals. It's a useful reminder that uncertainty and opportunity often exist at the same time. Watch now: https://ow.ly/W3RW50ZFI8O

08/26/2026

Engineers and architects are trained to think in systems.

Every component connected. Every failure point considered. Nothing left to chance.

It's what makes them exceptional at what they do.

What I find interesting is how rarely that same thinking gets applied to their own financial lives.

Investments that were never coordinated with tax strategy. Insurance reviewed once and forgotten. No clear picture of what retirement income actually looks like. A corporate structure in some cases that was set up and then left alone.

A series of reasonable individual decisions that were never connected into something coherent.

It's not unique to this profession. But there's something particularly striking about someone who designs complex systems for a living having a financial life that was essentially assembled piece by piece without anyone ever looking at how it all fits together.

The ones who've figured it out tend to approach it the same way they approach everything else. As a system that needs to be understood as a whole, not just managed one piece at a time.

That perspective makes a significant difference.

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08/24/2026

Many Canadians don’t understand that a will and estate plan are very different. Find out what an estate plan contains and why it’s crucial for most people. Read more: https://ow.ly/Kb8o50ZCGGt