Woods and Waters Financial Group

10/23/2026

How literate are you when it comes to your finances? Brush up with these five basics.

10/16/2026

Embrace the new digital era and ensure careful ownership, management, and estate strategy for your intellectual property.

10/09/2026

Social Security has been a fact of retirement life since 1935. Are you eligible for benefits?

There are things about Social Security that might surprise you.

10/08/2026

Stocks finished the third quarter mixed. The S&P 500 gained 2.03%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 2.47%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.70%. Halloween is next on the calendar, with U.S. consumers expected to spend \$13.5 billion USD this year and 6.26 million Canadian children in their trick-or-treating years.

Stocks were mixed in the third quarter as economic, geopolitical, and corporate earnings news pushed the broad market higher while weighing on the Dow Industrials.

10/02/2026

Three tips for giving smart from the heart.

Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

09/25/2026

Recovery. Recession. Gross Domestic Product. Learn the language of economic cycles.

Understanding the economy's cycles can help put current business conditions in better perspective.

09/18/2026

There are benefits and limitations when you decide to donate stock. Learn more from our message.

09/11/2026

Do your financial concerns feel stressful? Take a look at this video for some best practices when it comes to your financial strategy.

09/04/2026

69% of women live without a spouse or partner. If you are a woman, you need to have a financial strategy. Read more in our infographic:

09/04/2026

Markets pushed higher in August as AI-driven optimism helped investors look past softer economic data. The S&P 500 gained 2.62% and the S&P/TSX Composite rose 2.96%, even as softening retail sales kept consumer spending in focus. Back-to-school season adds another data point to that story, with spending expected to reach \$146.8 billion in the U.S. and \$4.5 billion in Canada this year.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index advanced 2.62 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 3.93 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged, adding 1.34 percent. The S&P/TSX rose 2.96 percent.1,2