Dana O'Bonsawin
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Senior Financial Planner
CFP®
I go beyond building investment plans, I build personalized financial plans
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As a planner with TD Wealth Financial Planning, I am passionately committed to providing my clients a fully integrated financial plan that balances living life today with setting goals for tomorrow. I take the time to understand, not just their current financial circumstances, but also the objectives and motivations integral to it. Whether you are planning for retirement or starting a new business, I am here to help guide you every step of the way.
In my role, I focus on four key areas:
- Build net worth – Identifying investment solutions that align to my clients’ evolving needs.
- Implement tax-efficient strategies – Working with my clients to help create and structure their accounts to help reduce tax exposure while keeping income available for when it’s needed.
- Protect what matters – Leveraging the expertise of TD specialists, I help integrate strategies to protect what matters to my clients.
- Leave a legacy – Helping my clients to build a plan to effectively transfer their wealth.
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Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)
Frequently asked questions
What does a financial planner do?
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What are the steps in financial planning?
Disciplined process
Your Financial Planning Experience
1.Initial Discovery
2.Your Financial Plan
3.Welcome to TD Wealth Financial Planning
4.Regular Review Meetings
Your Financial Planning Experience
Initial Discovery
Our discovery process focuses on understanding your priorities and goals in order to better support them.
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.
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.
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.
Your Unique Goals
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.
To help with that, I've included an article that you may find useful. If you'd like to discuss any of the topics raised in further detail, I'd be more than happy to schedule some time for us to chat.
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.
WIO: Monthly Perspectives
When it comes to tariffs, markets have become less extreme since 2018, while views about how markets are reacting have become more extreme. It’s quite the dichotomy.
Creating a wealth plan to help meet your long- and short-term goals
That's how I can help—by working with you one-on-one to create a personalized wealth plan that's lock-step with your life events and needs.
Working together, I can also help you:
- Discover your Wealth Personality™ to determine what drives your decisions
- Identify and prioritize your short- and long-term goals
- Find the confidence to take charge of your financial future through advice and planning
The goals and dreams you and your family share for your work and career, well-being, home, lifestyle and legacy.
Janique – A Coach by Your Side
When it comes to facing setbacks, it can be difficult to navigate it alone. Financial advice can help you feel confident in building your future.
For Janique, whether in sports or finance, she found it important to have a coach she could trust and obtain guidance from. Janique's story is an example of how financial advice from TD Wealth allowed her to turn a setback into a success story.
Connect with me to learn more about finding trust and getting back on track by building a personalized financial plan.
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