About the Authors
Deirdre McMurdy
Deirdre is a veteran business journalist and born-again policy wonk. She has covered corporate and financial markets news for 20 years in both print and broadcast at the Globe & Mail, Maclean’s, CTV’s Canada AM and Global Television’s MoneyWise. Since re-locating to Ottawa in 2006, Deirdre has focused on the nexus between private and public sector agendas. In 2008, she joined the Public Policy Forum as vice-president, but she continues to write weekly columns and daily blog for MSN Finance.
Gordon Powers
A long-time fund company executive, Gordon Powers now heads up the Affinity Group, a financial services consulting firm. Gordon was a personal finance columnist for the Globe & Mail for many years, has taught retirement planning at Ottawa’s Algonquin College, and is also a columnist for Investment Executive, Canada’s national newspaper for financial advisors.
Joe Lee
While attending a journalism school in New York, Joe never thought that dollars and cents would later rule his career as a journalist. Despite meeting several savvy Wall Street and Bay Street experts, he still credits his parents – both of whom are bankers -- for his money smarts. Their motto and his: Being frugal isn’t a sin and being wasteful is simply sinful. Prior to MSN Finance, Joe worked at CNBC, CNN/Money, canada.com and the Financial Post. He is the product manager of Sympatico/MSN Finance.
Dawn Cuthbertson
Dawn is assistant editor of Sympatico/MSN Finance. With caviar dreams on a tuna can budget, she’s always looking for ways to save for a down payment and contribute more to her RRSP with a little left over for fun. With a print journalism degree from Ryerson, Dawn has worked at a handful of Ontario newspapers.