Steve and Rebecca have 2 small children ages 3 and 4. They have moved to the suburbs and bought a house to provide enough space for their kids to run around and burn energy so that they have time to binge watch their TV shows. They have a sizable mortgage of $720,000 on the home. They earn a combined take home salary of $225,000. They want their kids to pursue post-secondary education but don’t expect either of the children will get a scholarship, so they need to save up $100,000. Their best friend is a financial planner and helped them finance a new SUV. The monthly loan payments are $125. Even with their large salary they are worried about their ability to repay the car loan, save for their kids’ education and have the mortgage paid off by retirement, which is 27 years away. It seems like a long time, but monthly income just seems to disappear, and their debts don’t! They have the following investment portfolios:

Joint bank account

9,200

Steve Non-registered account

150 shares of BCE

9450

Rebecca TFSA

High interest Savings

1200

Non-redeemable GIC 25SEP2022 maturity – 1.75%

3000

Total TFSA = 4,200

Steve RRSP

Canadian Balanced ETF

15150

US Equity ETF

28650

Canadian Income Fund

50000

Total RRSP = 93,800

Rebecca RRSP

Cash

500

Cashable GIC maturing 25DEC2020

5000

High Yield Fixed Income

15000

Global balanced

12580

Canadian short-term fixed income

22569

Canadian fixed income

15789

Total RRSP = 71,438

Family RESP Account

Cash

200

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