Today we put the spotlight on the new First Home Savings Account - a new investment vehicle for Canadians looking to purchase their first-time home. Buying a home can be a challenge for many first-time home buyers especially in today’s environment, but this new registered account allows you to save up to 40-thousand dollars tax-free towards the purchase of your first home. Host Kathryn Black sits down with Fidelity Canada’s tax and retirement experts Peter Bowen and Michelle Munro to talk about what criteria and eligibility is involved in the FHSA. They also lay out different scenarios and investment strategies to consider when looking at the FHSA and how it could be used alongside other investment vehicles like a TFSA and RRSP.Recorded on April 11, 2023.At Fidelity, our mission is to build a better future for Canadian investors and help them stay ahead. We offer investors and institutions a range of innovative and trusted investment portfolios to help them reach their financial and life goals. Fidelity mutual funds and ETFs are available by working with a financial advisor or through an online brokerage account. Visit fidelity.ca/howtobuy for more information.

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