Build Wealth Canada Podcast

By Kornel Szrejber: Investor

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Episodes: 134

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As one of Canada's youngest retirees at the age of 32, and after becoming mortgage-free at 29, Kornel interviews the top financial experts in Canada to help you optimize your investments, reduce your taxes, and help you accelerate your journey towards financial independence and early retirement. He also shares his own experiences and lessons learned in investing and as an early retiree and member of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement to help you optimize your finances, specifically here in Canada.

Episode Date
The Hidden Barriers Between You and Financial Freedom
Apr 30, 2025
How Canada’s Top Finance Creators Actually Invest Their Own Money
Apr 10, 2025
Important Tax & Investing Changes for 2025 (for Canadians)
Mar 27, 2025
Are You Overpaying on Your Mortgage? New Mortgage Rules, the Impact of Tariffs, and the Fixed vs Variable Rate Mortgage Dilemma
Feb 27, 2025
Planning Your Own Retirement: A Rare Peek into a Canadian Financial Planner’s Playbook
Jan 30, 2025
How to Optimize Your Investments and Taxes for 2025 (for Canadians)
Dec 29, 2024
The Complexities of Transitioning Your Savings Into Income in Retirement (For Canadians)
Nov 21, 2024
5 Major Lessons Learned When Managing Your Retirement Finances (In Canada)
Oct 16, 2024
Protecting Your Net Worth (For Canadians): What Insurance Do You Need?
Oct 02, 2024
Financial Lessons Learned After 10 Years of Interviews on the Build Wealth Canada Podcast
Aug 21, 2024
The Top Money Blind Spots and Questions Canadians Have
Jul 30, 2024
How to Live Off Your Investments in a Sustainable, Stress-Free, and Tax Efficient Way in Canada. Featuring Ed Rempel, CFP
Jun 20, 2024
Avoiding the Yield Trap: Are You Too Focused on Generating Income From Your Investments?
May 30, 2024
How to Prevent Fraud in Your Accounts in Canada
May 16, 2024
The Top Investing Mistakes Canadians Make
Apr 09, 2024
How to Save Money on Your Mortgage + 2024 Housing & Interest Rate Update
Mar 05, 2024
Important Tax & Investing Changes for 2024 (for Canadians)
Jan 25, 2024
Where to Park Your Cash? Regulatory Changes & What Are Your Options in Canada?
Dec 13, 2023
How to Live Off Your Investments in Canada - Kyle Prevost
Nov 15, 2023
4 Steps to a Worry-Free Retirement in Canada - Kyle Prevost
Oct 10, 2023
Paying Less in Interest, Getting the Right Mortgage (New or Renewal), Handling the Higher Interest Rates in Canada
Sep 06, 2023
Lessons on Mastering Money in Canada - Featuring Fred Masters
Aug 01, 2023
How to Optimize Your Investments to Pay the Least in Tax (for Canadians)
Jun 21, 2023
How Much Should You Optimize Your Investment Portfolio? The Pros and Cons of Each Approach
Jun 14, 2023
Ask Kornel: Should I Switch My Investments? Should I Be Worried? Are My Investments Falling Behind?
Jun 07, 2023
How to Raise Money Smart Kids, Teens and Young Adults
May 31, 2023
Active vs. Passive Investing: Interview with S&P (S&P 500, Dow Jones) & How to Choose the Right ETFs
May 25, 2023
Financial Independence Case Study and How You Can Retire Early
May 19, 2023
How to Maximize Your Inheritance in Canada (and minimize your fees)
May 10, 2023
A DIY Investor's Guide to Determining Your Financial Independence Number and Sustainable Withdrawal Strategy
Apr 11, 2023
Rising Interest Rates, New Mortgage Rules, and Variable vs Fixed Mortgages in Canada for 2023
Mar 08, 2023
Finding Your Financial Independence Number and How to Live Off Your Portfolio
Feb 15, 2023
How to Live Off Your Investments and How Much Do You Need? Featuring Ed Rempel
Jan 17, 2023
How to Retire in Your 30s on Two Teacher Salaries (A Case Study and Practical Guide)
Nov 16, 2022
Should You Do Any Active Investing? and a Financial Independence Case Study
Nov 08, 2022
A Financial Independence Case Study: How to Achieve Early Retirement and Happiness With Jordan Grumet
Nov 01, 2022
Best ETFs in Canada - Featuring MoneySense and Ben Felix
Oct 25, 2022
Vanguard ETFs in Canada: Your Top Questions Answered, Right From the Source
Oct 18, 2022
How to Optimize for Financial Independence (Investing, Budgeting, Money Management Optimizations) with Brandon Beavis
Oct 11, 2022
How to Protect Yourself From Inflation
Oct 04, 2022
Should You Use Options In Your Investment Portfolio? How Do Options Work in Investing?
Sep 13, 2022
Optimizing Investing Through Your Work - Employer Match, Defined Benefit, and Defined Contribution Pensions in Canada - Featuring Robb Engen from BoomerAndEcho.com
Aug 10, 2022
Hybrid Investing: An Improvement on Passive Investing?
Jul 05, 2022
Are You Holding the Right Bonds in Your Investment Portfolio?
Jun 21, 2022
Andrew Hallam: How to Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health, and Wealth
Jun 07, 2022
Guaranteed Income For Life: How to Use Annuities in Your Investment Portfolio
May 11, 2022
Rising Interest Rates, Variable vs Fixed Mortgages, and How to Take Equity Out of Your Home
Apr 05, 2022
Your Guide to All-In-One ETFs and Socially Responsible Investing
Mar 23, 2022
How to Use Factor ETFs to Fine-Tune Your Portfolio + Market Update
Feb 22, 2022
How to Live Off Your Investment Portfolio With Best Selling Author Andrew Hallam
Feb 01, 2022
How to Make Sure You’re Covered - Optimizing Insurance in Your Financial Planning
Jan 25, 2022
Lessons Learned After 5 Years of Early Retirement + Post Pandemic Small Business Update for Canadians
Nov 02, 2021
How to Save Money: Top Lessons From Teaching 100,000+ Canadians
Sep 18, 2021
How to Be Your Own Money Manager - Passiv + Wealthica
Jul 21, 2021
The Best ETFs in Canada for 2021
Jun 16, 2021
How to Get Your Will Done in 20 Minutes (and Why It’s Critical)
May 19, 2021
How to Save On Taxes in Canada, Featuring Tax Expert Neal Winokur
Apr 14, 2021
Rising Mortgage Interest Rates + Real Estate Update For Canadians
Mar 16, 2021
Retired at 29: How They Did It In Canada (with 3 kids)
Feb 17, 2021
Optimizing Your Investments and Finances for the New Year and Beyond
Jan 12, 2021
How To Structure Your Investments For An Early Retirement
Dec 02, 2020
Your Questions Answered + Real Estate Update For Canadians
Oct 29, 2020
The Best Way to Diversify Your Income: Build a Business
Sep 22, 2020
How To Increase Your Savings, Manage Your Money Better, And What Tools And Systems To Use
Aug 25, 2020
How to Get the Lowest Rates by Optimizing Your Credit Score
Jul 28, 2020
Automating Your Investment Portfolio and Sticking to Your Plan
Jun 23, 2020
What’s the best type of loan for you? (and how to get the lowest rate)
May 21, 2020
What Can You Get? COVID-19 Government Benefits and Major Mortgage Changes
Apr 16, 2020
Market Declines: How to Deal With, and Coronavirus Impact
Mar 18, 2020
Our Early Retirement Story (and Lessons Learned from Achieving It)
Feb 11, 2020
Are you saving enough for retirement? (and other top questions)
Jan 09, 2020
How to Live Off Your Investments and Stress Test Your Portfolio
Dec 03, 2019
Insider Look At Top 7 Insurance Tricks That Keep You Overpaying
Oct 30, 2019
How to Create and Optimize Your Investment Portfolio Pre and Post Retirement
Sep 20, 2019
Buying a House, a Rental or Flipping Houses
Aug 21, 2019
Canada's Youngest Retirees - How They Did It: Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung
Jul 16, 2019
How to get the lowest rate on your mortgage (new and renewing mortgages)
May 27, 2019
How to Automate Your Investing (without the giant fees)
May 06, 2019
TFSA creator shares top saving and investing strategies, while promoting financial literacy for Canadians
Apr 08, 2019
Top 5 Costly RRSP Mistakes That Canadians Make (secrets from an ex-banker)
Feb 21, 2019
How to Beat the Bank with Larry Bates (by cutting fees and portfolio optimization)
Jan 23, 2019
Part 2: The Only 4 Ways to Invest and Their Pros and Cons
Dec 11, 2018
The Only 4 Ways to Invest & Their Pros and Cons
Nov 25, 2018
Gene Simmons from KISS - A Rags-to-Riches Story
Oct 30, 2018
Investing Tips: Market Declines and Marijuana Stocks
Oct 17, 2018
Investing Tips - Market Update and Q&A - Episode 1
Sep 18, 2018
Unhappy with your job? Career transitions and entrepreneurship
Sep 05, 2018
Dividend vs Growth Investing, Rising Interest Rates, Withdrawing From Your Portfolio
Jul 18, 2018
Having Your Own Business - Starting and Optimizing Your Site
Jun 26, 2018
Maximizing Cashflow and Growth Through Dividends
May 24, 2018
The #1 Place to Buy Your Investments
Mar 05, 2018
Part 2: How to Execute an Early Retirement – Secrets of an Ex-banker
Feb 25, 2018
How to Execute an Early Retirement - Secrets of an Ex-banker
Feb 20, 2018
Maximizing Returns with High Impact Investment Strategies
Jan 17, 2018
How to Invest in Dividend Paying Stocks in Canada
Nov 01, 2017
Real Estate Investing & Buying Your First Home
Sep 25, 2017
The Top Financial Mistakes Canadians Make
Sep 13, 2017
Should You Invest with a Robo Advisor in Canada?
Jul 11, 2017
Mortgage Free and Financially Independent at 30. How Sean Cooper Did It
Jun 20, 2017
Early Retirement: How Much Do You Need to Retire?
Jun 08, 2017
How to Not Run Out of Money in Retirement (the top 20 financial planning tips)
Apr 05, 2017
How Much Do You Need to Retire?
Nov 10, 2016
How to Save Thousands at Your Bank – Secrets of an Ex-Banker
Oct 11, 2016
Investing Returns: What Can You Expect?
Jun 20, 2016
How to Withdraw from RRSP and TFSA in Retirement (tax efficiently)
May 16, 2016
Should You Consolidate Your Debt?
Apr 26, 2016
Dividend Investing: Is it Right for You?
Apr 08, 2016
How I Lost $16,128 by Not Getting Started in Investing Earlier
Mar 29, 2016
Is Your Financial Advisor Ripping You Off?
Mar 21, 2016
How to Make a Full Time Income Freelancing from Home (10 Year Pro Shares Top Tips)
Mar 13, 2016
Dragon’s Den Winner Shares Top Tips on Having Your Own Business On-the-Side
Oct 11, 2015
How to Avoid Money Problems with Friends, Family & Co-workers
Sep 07, 2015
Part 2 – Lessons Learned from Investing $1 Billion (Stock vs ETF vs Mutual Fund Investing)
Aug 16, 2015
Lessons Learned from Investing $1 Billion (Stock vs ETF vs Mutual Fund Investing)
Aug 16, 2015
How to Achieve Debt Freedom with Alan Steinborn
Aug 06, 2015
RRSP vs TFSA vs Mortgage – Where Should You Put your Money?
Jul 18, 2015
Part 2: The Student’s Guide to Personal Finance and Post-Secondary Education
Jun 08, 2015
The Student’s Guide to Personal Finance and Post-Secondary Education
Jun 08, 2015
Best Credit Cards in Canada (and how to use them)
May 27, 2015
Guide to Rockin’ Your RRSP
May 11, 2015
How to Retire Early (Part 2)
May 05, 2015
How to Retire Early (Part 1)
May 04, 2015
How to Invest in Canada (Part 2)
Apr 28, 2015
How to Invest in Canada (Part 1)
Apr 23, 2015
How to Retire at 33 Part 2
Apr 05, 2015
How to Retire at 33
Apr 05, 2015
The One-Page Financial Plan. Interview with Carl Richards.
Mar 29, 2015
Part 2: Earning Money-on-the-side With Freelancing (Interview with Matt Inglot)
Mar 06, 2015
Earning Money-on-the-side With Freelancing (Interview with Matt Inglot) Part 1
Oct 31, 2014
The True Costs of Owning a Home (a comprehensive guide)
Oct 17, 2014
How Much are Closing Costs for a Home? (a comprehensive guide)
Sep 22, 2014
Rent vs Buy – Should You Rent or Buy a House? (a comprehensive guide)
Sep 03, 2014
How to Get Mortgage and Debt Free by 29
Aug 13, 2014
Becoming Debt Free, Investing, and Earning Money-on-the-side
Aug 04, 2014