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Shaun Sun
Financial Advisor & Associate Portfolio Manager
BComm CFP CIM
I seek to empower you with the confidence that comes from truly understanding your overall financial position, the opportunities and risks that may change your path towards reaching your goals, and the steps you can take today towards making these goals a reality.
I seek to empower you with the confidence that comes from truly understanding your overall financial position, the opportunities and risks that may change your path towards reaching your goals, and the steps you can take today towards making these goals a reality.
Shaun Sun
Financial Advisor & Associate Portfolio Manager
BComm CFP CIM
I seek to empower you with the confidence that comes from truly understanding your overall financial position, the opportunities and risks that may change your path towards reaching your goals, and the steps you can take today towards making these goals a reality.
I focus on helping clients protect their wealth by developing risk- management strategies, and providing them with guidance along a proven process to achieve the best results during implementation. I have experience serving clients in all areas of financial planning since 2010, providing them with advice to reach their goals with confidence, simplicity and convenience.
In my free time, I enjoy hiking, camping, cooking and traveling the world. I have learned some of my most valuable life lessons from these hobbies - the ability to plan with an ideal outcome in mind, to adapt when things inevitably don't go according to plan, and to appreciate the journey (including the 'bumps') as much as the destination.
Countries I've traveled to: Turkey, Palau, New Zealand, Germany, France, Italy, Czech Republic, South Korea & Taiwan.
Favorite kitchen tool: My Staub cast-iron dutch oven
Industry Associations
FP Canada
Advocis - Financial Advisors Association of Canada
IFB - Independent Financial Brokers of Canada
Advocis - Financial Advisors Association of Canada
IFB - Independent Financial Brokers of Canada
Bcomm (Finance) - UBC
CFP (Certified Financial Planner)
CIM (Chartered Investment Manager)
Canadian Securities Course (CSC)
Conduct and Practices Handbook (CPH)
Wealth Management Essentials (WME)
Life License Qualification Program (LLQP)
Shaun is a registered representative with IIROC in BC. He is a licensed insurance agent in BC.
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Recession, Inflation and Interest Rates: Key Takeaways For This Quarter
By Shaun Sun on 25 Oct 2022
2022 continues to be challenging for all markets and asset types as negative macroeconomic news dominates headlines, but there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel. Risks remain, but there were many positive improvements this quarter.
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First Home Savings Accounts (FHSA)
By Shaun Sun on 20 Oct 2022
Saving to buy your first home? Here are 5 things you should know about the new Tax-Free First Home Savings Account (FHSA)
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Just Testing Your Shock Absorbers…
By Brett Simpson on 07 Oct 2022
I have spent my entire 39-year career (and counting…) helping people who seek advice on how to plan financially for a future of security and choice.
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Has the World Gone Crazy or Am I Just Older - Or Both? A Behavioral Perspective
By Brett Simpson on 15 Jul 2022
I wrote to you in early 2019 after the US Federal Reserve Bank (the ‘Fed’) talk of raising interest rates sent the stock market down more than 20% before a post-Christmas rally.
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In-Kind Donations to Charities
By Jon Knutson on 18 Apr 2022
With all that is going on in the world, gifting to those in need is top-of-mind right now. Cash gifts are the most common way to donate to charities - it’s simple and provides you with a tax credit.
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Cracks in the Veneer
By Brett Simpson on 22 Nov 2021
After massive government intervention in labour markets and mandatory vaccination policies to help mitigate the effects of the pandemic, some industries are struggling to find or keep quality personnel to fulfill their business purpose.
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Personal Finance 101
By Shaun Sun on 06 Oct 2021
I hope settling into a back-to-school “routine” has been going well for parents and students everywhere
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Property Tax Deferment
By Jon Knutson on 26 Jul 2021
While Canadian real estate prices have soared, so has the cost of maintaining a home. Fortunately, there is a government program to help defer one of the costs associated with home ownership.
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BC Recovery Benefit
By Brett Simpson on 09 Dec 2020
We’re reaching out with the details about their BC resident stimulus program.
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Opportunities Where You Least Expect Them
By Brett Simpson on 22 Oct 2020
When we are young, we don’t know what we don’t know!
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5 Resolutions to Help Adjust to the New Normal
By Shaun Sun on 16 Jun 2020
If you’re like me, the ink on some of your New Year’s resolutions had just dried when the pandemic shutdown started.
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Strong Roots Grow: Be the Tree Parting the Herd!
By Brett Simpson on 26 Mar 2020
Although it is too early to call a reversal to the over-sold trend in markets, especially while the pandemic viral trends are expected to naturally expand, there is some hope that the huge stimulus packages being passed will translate into an economic softer landing for “socially distanced” societies.
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Government Responses to COVID-19: A Perspective
By Brett Simpson on 18 Mar 2020
We hope you and your families, friends and business associates are remaining healthy and safe as fear of infection from the COVID-19 virus has been rising steadily.
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Should I be Worried about the Upcoming US Election?
By Jon Knutson on 17 Dec 2019
Over the years, I have been asked how US election results might impact portfolio returns. For some reason, I was asked this question much more frequently about three years ago…
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The Behaviour Benefit
By Brett Simpson on 12 Dec 2019
We can’t look back at the beginning of 2019 without considering the context of the fourth quarter of 2018. When US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made his October 3, 2018 announcement that the Fed would keep raising rates (I’m paraphrasing this), without checking the data each time to decide, it left a clear message to the markets that wasn’t good.
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Are You Stuck in a Rut
By Cecilia Tsang on 15 Nov 2022
Do you have a habit or a pattern of behaviour that has become unproductive and hard to change?
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First Home Savings Accounts (FHSA)
By Shaun Sun on 20 Oct 2022
Saving to buy your first home? Here are 5 things you should know about the new Tax-Free First Home Savings Account (FHSA)
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Case Study: Retirement Investing for Small Business Owners
By Linson Chen on 07 Oct 2022
You have excess cash that is accumulating in your corporation that you do not need for personal or business purposes.
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What You Need to Know about Dividends
By Daniel Sitar on 07 Oct 2022
If you own stocks in your investment portfolio – either directly or through mutual funds or exchanged traded funds – you are a part owner in multiple businesses.
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BBQ Tips from Rusty Johnson
By Rusty Johnson on 07 Oct 2022
I am Rusty Johnson and I’m the Pitmaster/Head Chef of Rusty’s BBQ! I am a competition cook who specializes in live fire cooking.
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Just Testing Your Shock Absorbers…
By Brett Simpson on 07 Oct 2022
I have spent my entire 39-year career (and counting…) helping people who seek advice on how to plan financially for a future of security and choice.
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Younger Next Year
By Alain Quennec on 15 Sep 2022
Several years ago, I was able to attend a talk by Chris Crowley, co-author of Younger Next Year (along with his physician, Dr. Henry Lodge), a book about living healthily and with vigor and energy.
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A beginner’s mindset
By Mark Neufeld on 15 Aug 2022
In life, learning never stops.
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Longevity and Life Annuities
By Clay Gillespie on 28 Jul 2022
A couple of questions we commonly get asked are “What is a life annuity?” and “Should I consider a life annuity in my situation?”
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The “Market”ing of Economics
By Cory Hill on 28 Jul 2022
In the past, business program pundits, market analysts, and other “market experts” were routinely featured on various television and radio programs, and quoted in print media to share their opinions on investing.
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Our Changing Gardens
By Brian Minter on 28 Jul 2022
Despite the long, cold, and often challenging spring weather, Canadians across the country are highly engaged in beautifying their homes, both indoors and out.
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Old Age Security – a Few Considerations
By Bryn Hamilton on 28 Jul 2022
Often when clients are approaching retirement, we get the question, “Should I defer Old Age Security (OAS) or automatically take it at 65?”
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In for a Penny, In for a Pound - Investing Through Volatility
By Philip Hoang on 19 Jul 2022
Recently, we have been surrounded with news about a slowing economy and central banks raising interest rates in an attempt to lower inflation. This level of uncertainty in the economy has sparked a lot of volatility in capital markets.
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Mortgage Rates in a Rising Interest Rate Environment
By Ryan Gee on 16 Jun 2022
Raising interest rates is the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) weapon of choice to combat inflation.
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Prescribed Rate Loan: An Income Splitting Opportunity
By Linson Chen on 16 May 2022
Income splitting refers to transferring income from high income earners to lower income family members. Income splitting can be used to reduce the total taxes that you pay as a family when members are in different marginal tax brackets.
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