The Canadian Money Roadmap
The financial risks you can't afford to ignore before retirement
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On this week's episode, Jordan Arndt joins Evan and Sam to talk about risk management and how that fits into financial planning.
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Not All ETFs Are Good.
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In this episode, Evan and Sam examine an article that oversimplifies the mutual fund vs. ETF debate, explaining that both are simply investment structures—not strategies—and that what matters far more than the label is understanding the underlying strategy, fees, and risk of each individual product.
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The Freedom of Guaranteed Income w/ Adam Chapman
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In this episode, Evan interviews Adam Chapman about how annuities and guaranteed income sources can give Canadian retirees the confidence to spend freely in retirement by covering their essential expenses.
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The Stock Market Looks Risky. Here's How I'd Invest.
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In this episode, Evan and Sam address three common investor fears — expensive stock valuations, market concentration in big tech, and AI as a potential bubble — and explain how a diversified, evidence-based portfolio that tilts toward value stocks, small caps, and profitable companies across geographies can mitigate those concerns without needing to predict the future.
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Retiring Now? 7 Financial Moves You Can Still Make
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Evan and Sam walk through the financial planning levers you can still pull when your retirement date is already locked in — covering withdrawal order and tax efficiency, CPP/OAS timing, TFSA strategy in retirement, portfolio risk and fees, budgeting for major purchases, reviewing insurance needs, and updating your will and power of attorney.
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$200K Income, Two Pensions, and No Retirement Savings: Can They Retire?
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In this episode, Evan and Sam walk through a financial planning case study for a fictitious 45-year-old couple with workplace pensions and a mortgage, showing how aggressively paying off debt and then redirecting that cash flow into TFSAs can fund major goals like travel, a home renovation, and a vehicle purchase while still ensuring a confident retirement.
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The 4 Things You Need for a Fulfilling Retirement
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In this episode, Evan and Sam introduce a simple four-part framework — give, create, connect, and move — to help retirees build a fulfilling, purposeful lifestyle beyond just having enough money to stop working.
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We Saved $5,000 in 100 Days, Here's What We Learned
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In this episode, Evan and Sam recap their 100-day Savings Ladder Challenge sharing what worked, what didn't, and the key lessons—automation beats willpower, hard pushes should be tied to specific goals, and accountability helps—while also discussing the surprising content-creation results from posting daily short-form videos.
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Why Group RESPs are "Trash" w/ Moira Rose
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This week, financial planner Moira Rose joins the podcast to explain how group RESPs prey on new parents with predatory sales tactics, high fees, and rigid contracts that can cause families to lose thousands of dollars, arguing they offer no benefits over standard RESPs and should be avoided entirely.
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Stop Obsessing Over Your Portfolio. These 7 Decisions Matter More Than You Think
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In this episode, Evan and Sam explore seven financial decisions—spending, savings rate, retirement timing, CPP/OAS timing, tax and account strategy, investor behavior, and stress-testing your plan—that matter more to your financial success than fine-tuning your investment portfolio.
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A Simple Way to Plan Your Ideal Life
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On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam reflect on their summer highlights and use them to walk through a four-step framework — awareness, priorities, feasibility, and a to-do list — for aligning your spending and time with what actually matters to you as you plan for retirement.
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Should you retire before 65?
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On this episode, Evan and Sam explore whether retiring before age 65 makes sense, weighing the financial trade-offs (lost government benefits, tax credits, income splitting) against lifestyle factors like health, purpose, and how you want to spend your time.
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How to Choose Investments for Your Portfolio
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This episode walks through a practical framework—mandate, diversification, factor exposure, and cost—for evaluating whether an ETF or mutual fund actually deserves a place in your portfolio.
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10 Things That Are Worth the Money
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In this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam each draft 5 things they each believe are worth the money. Ranging from Toyota vehicles, paying off your credit cards, to a day at a Nordic spa, their selections spark conversations about how spending fits into financial plans.
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The Market Changes Faster Than You Think: Build a Resilient Financial Plan
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On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam argue that markets and life change too fast to predict, so financial success depends not on timing the market but on building a diversified, evidence-based plan focused on the variables you can actually control.
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Financial Red Flags: Bad Advice We've Seen Recently
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In this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam examine common examples of bad financial advice they've encountered online and with real clients — including chasing past returns, being pressured to commute a pension into a complex insurance product, and having locked-in investments (like labor-sponsored funds and GICs) placed in accounts where money is needed by a specific deadline.
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The Simple Financial Check-In You Need
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On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan walks through his semi-annual "full financial picture" review process — a simple spreadsheet exercise that tracks net worth, insurance, and estate planning documents — and explains how to use it as a starting point for couples to get on the same page about their finances.
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2026 Mid-Year Market Update: Performance, Trends, and Misleading Headlines
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On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Sam and Evan discuss how the markets have performed over the first half of 2026 covering how international stocks (especially South Korea) are outperforming the US, value stocks are beating growth stocks, the Magnificent Seven have stalled, and speculative assets like Bitcoin and gold have failed to act as expected hedges.
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TFSA vs RRSP, Investing vs Mortgage & Other Money Debates
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In this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap podcast, Evan and Sam play a game of "This or That," debating personal finance preferences across six topics: TFSA vs. RRSP, paying down your mortgage vs. investing, stocks-only vs. including bonds in your portfolio, lump sum vs. dollar cost averaging, buying vs. renting a vacation property, and leaving an inheritance vs. giving money while alive.
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Build a Better Investment Strategy: Why Chasing Past Returns Doesn’t Work and What To Do Instead
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This episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap explores why chasing past investment returns is a losing strategy.
Hosts Evan and Sam explain that actively managed funds overwhelmingly underperform their benchmarks over time.
They advocate for an evidence-based approach built on broad diversification, low costs, and factor-based investing (size, value, and profitability) aligned with a personalized financial plan.
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Make $900,000 Last in Retirement
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Nearly two-thirds of Canadian pre-retirees don't have a retirement withdrawal plan.
On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam use a case study to show how optimizing your withdrawals during retirement can have a significant impact on your available investments and estate projection.
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Stocks, Bonds, or a Cash Wedge — What's Right for Your Retirement?
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In this episode, Evan and Sam explore new research challenging the conventional wisdom of shifting to bonds as you near retirement, making the case that a globally diversified equity portfolio — tailored to your personal risk tolerance, capacity, and financial needs — may actually give you better odds of reaching your retirement goals.
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10 Years Helping Canadians Retire: Here's What I've Learned
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In episode 200 of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan reflects on how his views on financial planning have evolved over his first decade in the industry.
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Accelerate your Savings with this 100 Day Challenge
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On this episode, Evan and Sam propose a new savings challenge that will allow people to save over $5,000 in 100 days.
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76% of You Still Need a Retirement Plan
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On this episode, Evan and Sam analyze the results from their Financial Foundation Scorecard — revealing that while listeners excel at saving, budgeting, and debt management, most lack a written retirement plan and the confidence to know if they're truly on track for retirement.
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Giving to your kids without going broke
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In this episode, Evan and Sam provide advice about how to help children financially during your retirement. Key point include: make sure you can afford it, communicate clear expectations, specify what the money is for, and consider non-cash ways to give — because intentional generosity protects both your retirement savings and your family relationships.
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Ethical Investing, Portfolio Building, and Financial Red Flags - Answering Listener Questions
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In this episode, Sam puts Evan on the hot seat and gets him to answer questions related to ethical investing, building a portfolio, and financial red flags.
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A new way to gamble your retirement savings away
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On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam break down what prediction markets are and why Canadians should be cautious now that platforms like Wealthsimple are beginning to offer them.
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Navigating the Retirement Red Zone: A Guide for Canadians Approaching Retirement
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On this episode, Evan and Sam walk Canadians through the critical financial and lifestyle decisions to make in the 5–10 years before retirement — covering savings milestones, debt payoff, retirement lifestyle planning, asset allocation, and retirement withdrawal strategies.
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How much do Canadians need to save for retirement? The Wealthy Barber vs The Rule of 30
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In this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam consider how much Canadians need to save for retirement based upon the recommendations in two Canadian finance books The Wealthy Barber and The Rule of 30. They also discuss other insights from both books.
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Are Canadians holding too much cash?
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On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam discuss the implications of Canadians holding more cash. The episode distinguishes between emergency funds, planned spending, and a "sleep at night" buffer, while warning against using cash as a market-timing tool.
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How to Retire in Canada with $500,000 and no Pension
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On this episode, Evan and Sam consider the practicality of retiring in Canada without pension through a case study of Tracy and Derek, who have saved $500,000 at age 50.
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How to accelerate your savings during tax season in Canada
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On this week's episode, Evan and Sam discuss key reasons to file your taxes, the relationship between taxes and financial planning, and discuss ways to use your tax refund to optimize saving.
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How to Balance Family Spending and Retirement in Canada (3 Life Stages)
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On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Evan and Sam discuss how to balance family spending and retirement savings across three life stages — early parenthood, supporting older kids, and legacy/retirement planning.
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Can You Retire With $1.7M? Fees, Retirement Income, and Listener Questions
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On this episode of the Canadian Money Roadmap, Sam puts Evan in the hot seat and asks questions about market volatility, investment fees, retirement savings, and more.
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Markets were down this week - Now what?
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In this episode, Evan discusses the value of staying invested during periods of market volatility, specifically the market decline triggered by fighting in the Middle East, explaining that diversified portfolios are still positive year-to-date and why panic-selling during downturns is a costly mistake.
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How to Build a Better Investment Portfolio (Evidence-Based Investing)
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On this episode, Evan and Sam discuss why building a "better" investment portfolio requires looking beyond past performance to factors like diversification, fees, and turnover—challenging the oversimplified belief that higher returns automatically mean a better portfolio.
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Is There an AI Bubble in the Stock Market?
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In this episode, Evan and Sam explore whether historical patterns and current market data suggest there is an AI Bubble.
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Investing Basics Part 5 - Government Pensions and Benefits
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In this episode, Evan explains how Canadian government retirement programs (CPP, OAS, and GIS) work, emphasizing their value in retirement planning.
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Should you take an RRSP loan?
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In this episode, Evan examines the pros and cons of RRSP loans—borrowing money to contribute to your retirement savings. He notes while RRSP loans offer tax deductions and lower interest rates, most people would be better off avoiding them due to the costs, risks, and limited flexibility of leveraged investing.
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