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Unconventional Wisdom

Ed Rempel

Welcome to the Unconventional Wisdom podcast. The show that helps you achieve financial security & freedom. Insights based on in-depth experience from Canada's #1 financial planner blogger. Find out what really works. Your host, fee-for-service financial planner & tax accountant, Ed Rempel.

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194 episodes

  1. Managing Student Debt Without Letting It Control Your Life 9:43
  2. Building Wealth Through Your Workplace: The Complete Guide to Group RRSPs, DPSPs & Employer Contributions in Canada 14:14
  3. Have You Thought of Turning the Doom Off? How Doomerism Is Quietly Wrecking Your Retirement 12:08
  4. Financing Your Education in Canada: Student Aid, Savings, Lines of Credit & Building the Right Funding Mix 10:12
  5. Understanding Your Full Compensation Package: It's More Than Just Your Salary 11:35
  6. Understanding Your Borrowing Options: Student Loans, Car Loans, Credit Cards, Lines of Credit & More 13:09
  7. Early Diagnosis – How I Beat Cancer 12:30
  8. Building Wealth for the Next Generation: A Guide to Bare Trusts and Informal "In-Trust For" Accounts in Canada 13:30
  9. How to Make Financial Decisions When You Don't Feel Ready 12:51
  10. Protecting What Matters Most: Trust Planning for Children, Dependents, and Vulnerable Beneficiaries in Canada 12:22
  11. Building an Emergency Fund When Money Is Tight (And How to Stay Protected While You Invest) 12:39
  12. The Right Trust Structure for Business Owners in Canada- How Smart Planning Evolves as Your Business Grows 9:01
  13. Retiring at an All-Time High: What History Actually Shows 12:07
  14. Budgeting With a Full-Time Income Without Feeling Restricted 8:20
  15. Debt After Separation: How to Regain Control Without Panic 9:57
  16. Why Economic Freedom and the Stock Market Make Us All Richer 16:02
  17. Your First Real Paycheque: A Smart Money System for Young Professionals 9:43
  18. Secure Your Future Together: The Power of Trust Planning for Couples 15:55
  19. Stay Invested - Your "Behavioural Vitamin C" to Build Real Financial Freedom 8:40
  20. Understanding Credit Without Fear or Confusion 16:01
  21. Starting Over Financially - When Life Changes and You Suddenly Have to Handle It All 6:36
  22. The Smith Manoeuvre vs Cash Dam: How to Choose the Right Strategy and How Self-Employed Canadians Can Do Both 13:50
  23. How Interest Affects Your Money: Why Small Decisions Matter More Than You Think 8:36
  24. Are There Really 8 Smith Manoeuvre Strategies? 7:30
  25. How to Build a Retirement Plan That Actually Works (and Grows Your Wealth) 21:36
  26. The Financial Future Isn't Broken. It's Optional | Gen Z Investing 5:46
  27. Re-evaluating Canada's Best Re-Advanceable Mortgages: The New Top 4 Post-OSFI Rankings 12:13
  28. Unlocking Peace of Mind with the Smith Manoeuvre: Turning Your Home into a Wealth-Building Engine 7:03
  29. Retirement Tax Shock: Why Many Canadians Pay More Tax Than Expected 17:17
  30. How Banking Actually Works (And How to Set Up Your First Accounts) 6:25
  31. The Longevity Revolution: Why We're on the Brink of Living Decades Longer 19:09
  32. Financial Planning Isn't Optional, It's Your Power Move: Financial Planning Myths and Why You Absolutely Need a Plan (and a Planner) 12:32
  33. Why Feeling Behind Is Normal (And What It Means for Your Money, Investing, and Financial Plan) 5:47
  34. The Multi-Millionaire's Dilemma: Should an 84-Year-Old Stay Invested in Stocks? 14:36
  35. What Does Money Mean to You? 6:07
  36. A New Addition to Unconventional Wisdom: Meet Sabiha Mukadam 4:36
  37. Financial Independence, Retire Early: The Math Behind the Viral Money Movement 15:13
  38. Don't Let Today's Headlines Wreck Your Retirement 17:03
  39. Multi-Millionaire's Dilemma: Stay in Stocks or Go Conservative After Retiring? 15:24
  40. Living Healthy Past Age 100 – Will Your Retirement Plan Survive? 17:42
  41. How to Live with Health & Vitality Past Age 100 21:53
  42. 2026 Tax Changes – How They Affect Your Life & Your Retirement Plan 18:57
  43. New Study Supports 100% Equity Investing for Life (Canadian Financial Summit 2025) 27:29
  44. What Canadians Are Really Asking About Money Right Now 6:00
  45. RRSP/RRIF Meltdown Strategies Explained (Canadian Financial Summit 2025) 29:57
  46. How Did the Wealthy Get Wealthy — and Can I Copy Them? (Canadian Financial Summit 2025) 21:59
  47. Random Walk Theory Debunked: The Best Market Gains Follow the Worst Crashes – And One Easy Rule to Beat the Market 13:01
  48. The Fake Stages of Retirement: Why 'Slow-Go' Is Really About Money — Not Age 16:54
  49. Why Monte Carlo Simulations Get Retirement Risk Wrong 14:12
  50. Exponential Thinking – How Major Wealth Happens 14:26