As we mentioned in previous article, good financial management is

a) How to make the best use of your limited earned income, so that you can meet your current expenses.

b) How to implement strategies to achieve your short and long-term goals. Planing your longer term goal of building wealth for your retirement becomes more important than ever, because our government pension plan now nearly bankrupted. There are many doubts that our government can take care of all the baby boomers who will start to retire in 2010. With these uncertainty surrounding the government's pension plans, the savings and investments making up your own personal pension plan will be the key to financial well-being in your retirement years. In this article, we will discuss the investment option for personal retirement plan.

1. Registered investment

How to produce strategies that can minimize taxation's impact remain essential components of any financial plan. These strategies depend upon your understanding the different tax treatments of the three major categories of investment income such as interest, dividends, and capital gains. as well as reducing your taxable income, reducing your effective tax rate, and deferring taxable income to future years.

K401 or registered retirement saving plan shares the same characteristics below

a) The income earned inside a K401 in US or RRSP in Canada is tax-deferred until removed by way of a cash withdrawal or payment from registered retirement income fund (RRIF) or life income fund (LIF), or annuity.

b) Any contribution made to your K401 or RRSP (within annual limits) is tax-deductible.

c) K401 or RRSP not only provides for tax-sheltered compounding, but also generates additional capital through tax savings.

d) Company pension plan such as RRP, DPSP will reduce the members of an the K 401 or RRSP contribution limit to the actual amount contributed to those plans.

Therefore, in order to ensure there are enough wealth being build in personal retirement plan, it is wise to maximize your K401 or RRSP contribution every year, even you have to borrow to do so.

2. Non registered investments

Although registered retirement saving plan not only plays an important role for your retirement, it also represents an important component on the journey towards successful financial planning. There are limit on how much you can contribute to them, and you may reach these limits fast if you are covered by a company pension plan. Non-registered investments pay tax on investment income each year are more concerned with after-tax returns.

3. Home ownership as investments

Real estate always remains an investment option. With ownership of a home, you may gain extra equity through a home equity loan. This loan allows you to use equity of your home as collateral to borrow money to invest in the equity markets. Interest paid on such a loan is tax deductible and the interest rate is always lower than other loans.

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