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Ms. G sold her home in 2015. She had no investment experience. She had recently been introduced to a financial advisor by a mutual friend. Ms. G decided to invest the proceeds of the sale of her home with the advisor’s firm.
Ms. K had a family RESP for her four children. She began withdrawing from the plan in 2009 as her children started to attend university.
Mr. S had his credit card for approximately one year. He made regular monthly payments online. Every month, he said he received an email notification that his online statement was available. At that point, he would look at it and note the due date on which his payment was due.
In December 2010, Mr. B got a five-year fixed closed term mortgage at a rate of 3.44% with his bank. In 2013, midway through the term, the branch manager suggested switching to a “blend and extend” mortgage. This would reduce the interest rate by 0.22% but extend the maturity date to 2018.
In late 2014, Mr. and Ms. J inquired about a non-arm’s length mortgage (NALM) at their bank. A NALM is where you lend money from your registered savings plans or locked-in savings plans to yourself as an individual or as a co-borrower with someone who is related by blood or marriage.
Mr. and Ms. S invested in an exempt market fund. The fund was comprised of a pool of mortgages. The fund experienced financial and management difficulties. As a result a large number of investors tried to sell their shares causing the value of the fund to plummet.
Mr. and Ms. L set up an RESP for their son with a Scholarship Plan Dealer in 2004. During the winter of 2005 the couple received a Canadian Education Savings Grant (CESG) application from the firm to fill out on behalf of their son.
Ms. L opened both a chequing account and a savings account with her bank. During a call with the customer contact centre, she asked whether the savings account interest rate of 1.25% was monthly or annual.
In January of 2014, Mr. G signed a Credit Agreement when he obtained a mortgage of $122,000 and a Line of Credit (LOC) of $39,600, both secured by a property he owned and planned to rent out. The monthly payments were $1,255 for his mortgage, which he had automatically debited from his bank account, and $43 for the LOC.
Mr. A’s small business filed for bankruptcy in 2014 after several years of financial difficulties. At the time, there was a $15,000 balance on the company credit card.
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