Lynda Clark, Manulife Securities Incorporated Investment Advisor

12/25/2025

02/12/2024

New Senior Dental Plan - qualifications

Learn if you qualify for the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

10/16/2023

https://www.advisor.ca/advisor-to-client/financial-planning-advisor-to-client/homeowners-on-the-brink-face-tough-choice-of-selling-home-as-mortgage-payments-climb/?utm_source=ADVR_NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PM_Bulletin&hash=%7Bemailhash%7D

Younger homeowners are turning to their parents for help in keeping up with mortgage payments

05/16/2023

https://www.advisor.ca/my-practice/investors-flock-to-loudest-least-skilled-voices-on-social-media-finds-research/?utm_source=ADVR_NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AM_Bulletin&hash=6ba362e52866b9bd0b2a44fad9b99cbf

A new paper on finfluencers examines the "wisdom of the anti-skilled crowd"

05/15/2023

https://www.advisor.ca/tax/estate-planning/understanding-the-cpp-death-benefit/?utm_source=ADVR_NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AM_Bulletin&hash=6ba362e52866b9bd0b2a44fad9b99cbf

The amount has been falling in real terms

11/17/2022

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/mortgage-fund-in-canada-halts-payouts-amid-liquidity-crunch-1.1844092

Canadian real estate lender Romspen Investment has halted redemptions on its largest fund after a number of borrowers stopped making payments.

11/08/2022

https://www.advisor.ca/tax/tax-news/feds-extend-anti-flipping-tax-to-assignment-sales/?utm_source=ADVR_NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AM_Bulletin&hash=6ba362e52866b9bd0b2a44fad9b99cbf

The 12-month holding period would reset after the taxpayer took ownership of property

09/28/2022

Addressing estate planning’s ignored middle child

09/28/2022

"Canadians, on average, will outlive their good health by up to 13 years"

WOW, think about what that means. It means:
a) you really need to have a power of attorney for health who is fully aware of your wishes - which should be written down
b) it is a very time consuming unpaid job to be a power of attorney so choose wisely

https://www.advisor.ca/tax/estate-planning/power-of-attorney-and-incapacity-planning-do-you-have-a-plan/?utm_source=ADVR_NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AM_Bulletin&hash=6ba362e52866b9bd0b2a44fad9b99cbf

https://www.advisor.ca/tax/estate-planning/power-of-attorney-and-incapacity-planning-do-you-have-a-plan/?utm_source=ADVR_NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AM_Bulletin&hash=6ba362e52866b9bd0b2a44fad9b99cbf

Addressing estate planning’s ignored middle child

08/31/2022

Take steps to decrease expenses or increase your income rather than using debt. It never gets easier to pay back !!

Inflation is top of mind for Canadian homeowners, with 81% saying in a recent survey that they are concerned about it, while 10% say they are already at their financial limit and can’t handle a further rise in prices.