Connect Wealth Launches Today

Author: Vince Olfert, MBA, CIM, CFP®

Welcome to Connect Wealth

After nearly a year of preparation, today we officially launch our new name and new look. We are excited to be celebrating this milestone and to begin this new phase of our journey together with you!

At Connect Wealth we:

  1. Value our ability to Connect with you, our clients, to help you navigate your financial future,
  2. Develop financial strategies to Connect your finances with your goals,
  3. Work diligently to Connect our clients with specialists that we recommend for specific business or advanced personal planning needs.

Connecting with our clients is our passion. If you have any questions or would like to contact us, we would love to hear from you!

You may have built a successful business but have you planned your exit strategy?

Preparing for succession may not be at the forefront of every business – but it should be.  Having a succession plan allows for employees, owners and the company itself to have a clear direction on how the company will move forward in its life cycle. Often, the best way to explain a concept is to share a real life story. Recently my Father, Phil Singer, and I were published in a nationally distributed magazine called Collision Quarterly. It is directed to members of the ARA (Automotive Retailers Association).

The article describes how our team at Singer Olfert assisted my Dad in the selling of his business a few years back. I will summarize the two-page article and you may click the link to read more about our story. Read more

mortgage or rrsp

This is the question I have been asked the most in my financial career: Should I pay down my mortgage or put money into my RRSP?

The answer I give is: It depends! I know it’s probably not the answer you were looking for, so let me provide some rules of thumb and opinion on how to walk this through.

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got-a-will

Do you remember the Got Milk ads and t-shirts that reminded everyone to drink your milk regularly? I think we should create a “Got a Will?” campaign. A will should be a standard document that every Canadian has in place but yet only around 30% have an up-to-date legal will*. That’s unbelievable! Read more