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June 7, 2023

By Ian Ardill Amid volatile markets and turbulence in the economy, our private investments have performed very respectably.  We are honoured to continue building portfolios that are custom tailored – unique – to each client. An investor who owned an index last year would have performed as follows[1]: TSX: down 8.5% S&P 500: down 18.1% […]

June 7, 2023

By Ian Ardill  Al Derges, may he rest in peace, was the father of Adam Derges, a founding partner at Raintree Financial Solutions.  Al was known for sticking with his values and ethics above all else.  In his name, each year there is an award given to the advisor or staff member who exemplifies his […]

June 7, 2023

By Ian Ardill  How does this sound: The investments you make in a given fund are fully deductible against income in the year you invest. Over the life of your investment in the fund, it is designed to deliver 115%+ total tax deductions against your income. When you withdraw money from the fund, it is […]

June 7, 2023

By John Ardill In retirement, you will be free from your career.  But will you be free from technology? Until very recently, I certainly wasn’t.  Having been a financial planner for 40 years, I still frame things up in financial terms, so I asked myself:  what return on time I am getting in retirement? I […]

February 8, 2023

By Ian and John Ardill  As you likely know, Ardill Group is a family business.  And when a family business gets passed down from one generation to the next, it can be disastrous.  For family members’ relationships with each other, and then for their relationships with clients. That didn’t happen to us. In contrast, we […]

February 6, 2023

By Ian Ardill Recently I had the pleasure of seeing an absolutely riveting talk about inflation and deflation.  The presenter was Drummond Brodeur, Senior Vice-President and Co-Head of Macroeconomic and FX Strategy, CI Global Asset Management (and the event was the National Investment Forum in Vaughan). Especially fascinating was his characterization of the Bank of […]