Parents could be forgiven for going into sticker shock after reading press reports on the release of a TD Economics Report titled The Future Cost of a University Degree. Media reports gave prominent coverage to the headline numbers: an average cost of $137,013 for an undergraduate degree for a student living away from home and [...]

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Reader Tim managed to jump through the hoops to set up a TD Bank e-Series Funds RESP account for this two children and has the following question:
My plan is to invest approx $100 to each of the 2 plans every two weeks in order to qualify for the maximum government match. I want to take [...]

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Despite charging some of lowest fees, the TD e-Series mutual funds may not be suitable for everyone because TD Bank RESP accounts are not set up to receive the enhanced Canada Education Savings Grant available for lower income Canadian families. Reader TS who had RESP accounts at TD sent the following note (slightly edited) about [...]

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Ellen Roseman’s recent column and blog post on group scholarship plans generated a lot of comments, including the following from a group RESP seller on how the fees of group RESPs stack up against bank mutual funds:
Banks promote their family of mutual funds as the investment vehicle for just about anyone who wants to save [...]

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After reading Rob Carrick’s article in the Globe and Mail on a study commissioned by the Federal Government on Registered Education Savings Plans, I went looking for the report. Fortunately, it is available online, provides a wealth of interesting information and explains various RESP options available to parents in a clear and straightforward manner. As [...]

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