Bird's Eye Wealth Planners

2024 U.S. Election and the Potential Impact on Our Portfolios

September 5, 2024

Watching the U.S. election can feel stressful, and it’s easy to overestimate how much influence a president or election has on portfolios. While the current campaign stirs anxiety for investors, it’s important to remember that markets often react less dramatically than expected

Capital Gains Canada vs US

August 22, 2024

In both countries there are a number of situations where calculating capital gains is not required (I.e. the Principal Residence Exemption in Canada) and I will dig into some of those in a couple of weeks.

Nest Eggs

August 13, 2024

Planning for Emigrating to the US

July 23, 2024

The last few weeks I’ve talked about a bunch of high-level stuff for Canadians that emigrate to another country. I touched on your Canadian investment accounts, how CPP and US Social Security integrate and what is a PFIC. Today let’s start a series that digs a bit deeper on planning stuff for those of you that are moving to the US.

Emigrant Estate Planning

July 22, 2024

You’ve decided to leave Canada. You’ve worked with your advisor to get everything sorted out with your investments, banking and insurance. You’ve got a new place to live and have packed everything for the long journey.

CPP Contributions When Leaving Canada

June 11, 2024

This week, let’s talk about what happens to your CPP contributions when you leave Canada.

Emigrating from Canada: Investment Accounts

May 22, 2024

What happens to your investment accounts when you emigrate from Canada?

Stars Have Never Aligned Better for Canadian Property Investors

May 21, 2024

The appeal of real estate investing is that it’s a hard, tangible asset compared to stocks and bonds, which are valued subjectively and, as a result, susceptible to volatility.