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James Garbe
James Garbe
Senior Financial Planner
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I have been working in the financial services industry since 1996, with a focus on fostering strong client relationships and helping customers achieve their personal financial goals. I hold a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Regina. I also hold the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification offered by the Financial Planning Standards Council as well as the Financial Management Advisor (FMA) and the Fellow of CSI (FCSI) designations offered by the CSI. I look forward to working with you.
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Knowing that you have a plan for tomorrow will help you concentrate on getting more out of life — today.
TD Wealth Financial Planning
Your priorities are important to us. We can work together towards your goals, and can help with:
Planning for every life stage
As we've all come to realize over the past year, life is full of uncertainty. That's why it's so important to plan for every life stage now, even the unexpected.
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TDAM: Tax & Retirement Planning Guide
At TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM), we understand the importance of tax planning to investors. There are many tax-efficient investment vehicles available to Canadians to help maximize after-tax income and grow their investment portfolios.
Stepping into retirement: Preparing for the big transition
The transition from a successful career to this stage in life isn’t always easy.
1.Initial Discovery
Our discovery process focuses on understanding your priorities and goals in order to better support them.
2.Your Financial Plan
Once we get to know you, we will work with you to develop a personalized financial plan to help you achieve your goals.
3.Welcome to TD Wealth Financial Planning
Next, we put that plan into action. This phase involves an official onboarding as well as any account transfers required to begin implementing your plan.
4.Regular Review Meetings
To ensure your financial plan evolves as you do, we’ll regularly review your priorities with you, helping you stay on track with your goals.
2. Your Financial Plan
Once we get to know you, we will work with you to develop a personalized financial plan to help you achieve your goals.
3. Welcome to TD Wealth Financial Planning
Next, we put that plan into action. This phase involves an official onboarding as well as any account transfers required to begin implementing your plan.
4. Regular Review Meetings
To ensure your financial plan evolves as you do, we’ll regularly review your priorities with you, helping you stay on track with your goals.
What To Expect From TD Wealth Financial Planning
As a TD Wealth Financial Planning client, we will help develop a deep understanding of you and the needs, goals and priorities you have for yourself and your family. With that deep understanding, We will work with you to develop your personalized financial plan. And that’s just the beginning of our journey. Over time, we will be there to help guide you as your life evolves, celebrating milestones, helping you manage the unexpected and updating your plan as your circumstances change.
The goals and dreams you and your family share for your work and career, well-being, home, lifestyle and legacy.
Over time, you may find that your needs and goals change. TD Wealth Financial Planning has the expertise to help you stay on track. As we continue to meet with you, we’ll introduce new strategies to adapt your financial plan to those changes. We look forward to developing a relationship with you in order to understand your goals and aspirations and design a plan that continues to meet your current needs and future goals.
Steve & Lee-Ann – Creating a personalized plan to retire early
Making up for lost time with a sound retirement plan
Steve and Lee-Ann know that the path to retirement has many twists and turns. They found that having the right TD Wealth advisor to help answer their questions, even the ones they didn't know to ask, can help uncover new possibilities. Find out how personalized retirement planning helped this couple retire earlier and make up for lost time.
Steve and Lee-Ann know that the path to retirement has many twists and turns. They found that having the right TD Wealth advisor to help answer their questions, even the ones they didn't know to ask, can help uncover new possibilities. Find out how personalized retirement planning helped this couple retire earlier and make up for lost time.
Our Steps To Preparing A Plan Uniquely Yours
Discover what truly matters to you. We can offer planning and advice that can grow and evolve with you.
Build Net Worth
We can help you build your net worth by developing effective strategies and investment solutions that align to your needs, even as they evolve.
Protect What Matters
By leveraging the expertise of TD specialists, we can integrate strategies to help you protect what matters to you most at every life stage.
Implement Tax-Efficient Strategies
We can work with you to help create and structure your accounts to help reduce tax exposure while keeping income available for when you need it.
Leave a Legacy
Your legacy is important to us. We’ll help you create a plan that provides for your top priorities and optimizes the transfer of your wealth.
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