by Leo Belmonte | Jan 31, 2019 | Leo's Blog
Everyone knows how to win. Few know how to lose. Yet the secret to making money in the various markets is knowing how to lose and how to control your losses. In the book Warren Buffet calls the best book ever written on investing, namely Benjamin Graham’s THE...
by Securityfinancial | Jul 6, 2017 | Leo's Blog
It is widely thought that the advisor-client relationship is pillared around the wealth accumulation stage of the investment cycle. Although this represents a large portion of the client experience, many clients spend 20 or more years in retirement which is why it is...
by Securityfinancial | Apr 13, 2017 | Leo's Blog
As Canadians, we typically vent about the amount of money we are paying to our Governments. Every year it seems like this amount is getting larger, but we never really examine how much we are paying relative to other Nations. A recent report from the OECD ranked 37...
by Securityfinancial | Aug 26, 2016 | Leo's Blog
I wanted to share the findings of a recent report from the Fraser Institute regarding the amount of hidden taxes paid by Canadians. The Fraser Institute is a Canadian independent non-partisan research organization which operates as a think-tank focused on Canadian...
by Securityfinancial | Oct 16, 2015 | Leo's Blog
Valuing an estate for probate used to be relatively simple in Ontario: executors entered the total value of the estate on the application for probate, signed an accompanying affidavit stating the valuation was correct, and that was it. Not anymore! As of January 1st,...