Toronto chartered accountant David Trahair has a new book coming out in August: Enough Bull: How to Retire Well without the Stock Market, Mutual Funds or even an Investment Advisor. It should be another zinger, a frontal assault on cherished shibboleths in the personal finance and investing fields.

Ontario Savings Bonds are on sale from June 1 to June 19. That means you only have until the end of the week to make a purchase (if you live outside of Ontario, you are not allowed to buy the bonds). The interest rates for the bonds are:

I had a chance recently to ask York University Professor Moshe Milevsky about Tax Free Saving Plan (TFSA) strategies. Prof Milevsky is one of Canada’s leading authorities on personal-finance topics, with several books and dozens of articles to his credit. He had a contrarian perspective. “I just don’t see the TFSA ...