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Oct 2018
20m 25s

The School of Hard Knocks

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
About this episode

How do you get serious about retirement savings in your 30s and 40s while juggling the costs of housing and raising a family?

WE TALK TO:

  • Dan Bortolotti, an associate portfolio manager and financial planner at PWL Capital, as well as the author of index investing blog Canadian Couch Potato

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