Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Category: Personal Finance

  • Increase your wealth by reducing your taxes

    Increase your wealth by reducing your taxes

    In our journey to build wealth, we are constantly looking for ways to increase revenues, reduce expenses and invest wisely. If you earn more than $80,000 per year guess what is one of your biggest expenses… Taxes! In Canada, a person in a higher income bracket is already paying more than 50% of his income…

  • My financial problem: I will die with too much money

    My financial problem: I will die with too much money

    I have been thinking about retirement lately, mostly because I am 56 years old, and usually, at this age, the topic of retirement comes up often in conversations. Doing a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation, I discovered that I can increase my spending by 50%, never work a day for the rest of my life, and still…

  • Transitioning from Accumulation to Distribution

    Transitioning from Accumulation to Distribution

    I have been saving since I arrived in Canada 25 years ago. During my first year I saved as little as $10 month, but in general I saved about $25 during the first 10 years, then I increased the amount I was saving to about $500 per month and during the past 5 years I…

  • Ways To Make Money With Crypto During Lockdown

    With Covid-19 ripping its way through the world, many people have been in the sad situation of losing work. However, just because we cannot go out to find more work doesn’t mean that we can’t make any money. Cryptocurrency is a perfect way to make some extra cash whilst staying safely inside, making it perfect…

  • Ways To Maximize And Protect Your Finances Today

    Ways To Maximize And Protect Your Finances Today

    Maximizing and protecting your finances is something that every one of us should work on. Maximum protection will ensure that you never or rarely experience financial difficulties. The freer you are financially, the more comfortable your life will be. This doesn’t mean to say that you need to earn lots of money in order to…

  • Can Bitcoin Work Alongside Traditional Currencies?

    Can Bitcoin Work Alongside Traditional Currencies?

    Compared with fiat money and other legal tender, can Bitcoin work to benefit our everyday lives? This is a loaded question, to say the least, with some complex answers, mainly due to the nature of crypto itself. Can BTC beat inflation? And how can you use it in life? Here, we explore. Bitcoin and Fiat…