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Crystal Mirkazemi   -   Jul 20, 2026 The Family That Had Everything Except a Plan.
The Family That Had Everything Except a Plan.

Assets such as property and metals preserve value, but they do not offer immediacy. They cannot be deployed without friction, delay, or consequence. Liquidity, by contrast, is what allows wealth to respond to opportunity, to disruption, to timing.

Crystal Mirkazemi   -   Jul 17, 2026 The Settlement Process: What Your Beneficiary Can Expect
The Settlement Process: What Your Beneficiary Can Expect

While life insurance proceeds are generally paid tax-free to a named beneficiary, knowing the settlement process in advance can make an already difficult time much easier for loved ones.

Someone More Experienced Should Lead
Vancouver News   -   Jul 23, 2026 Someone More Experienced Should Lead

Ego is not arrogance. More often, it is self-protection. It convinces us to wait until we feel ready, qualified, or certain. We tell ourselves that someone more experienced should lead, someone more knowledgeable should speak, or someone more successful should take the first step.

by Crystal Mirkazemi
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Vancouver News   -   Jul 23, 2026 Someone More Experienced Should Lead
Someone More Experienced Should Lead

Ego is not arrogance. More often, it is self-protection. It convinces us to wait until we feel ready, qualified, or certain. We tell ourselves that someone more experienced should lead, someone more knowledgeable should speak, or someone more successful should take the first step.

by Crystal Mirkazemi
Crystal Mirkazemi   -   Jul 20, 2026 The Family That Had Everything Except a Plan.
The Family That Had Everything Except a Plan.

Assets such as property and metals preserve value, but they do not offer immediacy. They cannot be deployed without friction, delay, or consequence. Liquidity, by contrast, is what allows wealth to respond to opportunity, to disruption, to timing.

by Crystal Mirkazemi
Crystal Mirkazemi   -   Jul 17, 2026 The Settlement Process: What Your Beneficiary Can Expect
The Settlement Process: What Your Beneficiary Can Expect

While life insurance proceeds are generally paid tax-free to a named beneficiary, knowing the settlement process in advance can make an already difficult time much easier for loved ones.

by Crystal Mirkazemi
Crystal Mirkazemi   -   Jun 29, 2026 When Giving Became Strategy: Charitable Tax Credits in Canada
When Giving Became Strategy: Charitable Tax Credits in Canada

Charitable giving in Canada was once seen as a simple act of goodwill, such as personal, values-driven, and largely separate from financial planning. Today, the charitable tax credit system has transformed philanthropy into a strategic tool.

by Crystal Mirkazemi
Crystal Mirkazemi   -   Jun 22, 2026 The Policy That Paid Twice
The Policy That Paid Twice

The first cheque arrived after a heart attack. The second arrived seven years later after a cancer diagnosis. Neither was expected. Both changed the outcome.

by Crystal Mirkazemi
Crystal Mirkazemi   -   Jun 11, 2026 Is Diversification enough on its own?
Is Diversification enough on its own?

A skilled active manager holds both truths simultaneously: they diversify enough to avoid catastrophic single-stock risk, while concentrating enough to generate alpha (excess return above the benchmark).

by Crystal Mirkazemi
Crystal Mirkazemi   -   May 28, 2026 Mutual funds have become increasingly popular
Mutual funds have become increasingly popular

Mutual funds have become increasingly popular. One reason for their popularity is because mutual funds have consistently outperformed traditional investments such as savings accounts, GICs, and term deposits, over the long term.

by Crystal Mirkazemi
Crystal Mirkazemi   -   May 21, 2026 How next-generation gene therapies are rewriting the future of medicine
How next-generation gene therapies are rewriting the future of medicine

For decades, medicine has treated symptoms. Gene therapy aims to treat the cause. By targeting the root of genetic disorders, this revolutionary approach has the potential to cure diseases once thought untreatable.

by Crystal Mirkazemi
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