welcome to MAKING MONEY

with Ron Hiebert & Gord Whitehead

Our goal is to provide you with financial information and investment strategies that are real world practical. This site is designed to act as a guide through the maze of promotional and self serving clutter out there and give clear, trustworthy and actionable information that will help you improve your financial situation.

our CONTENT CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF 2 AUDIO FEATURES

MAKING MONEY

This show is hosted by Gord Whitehead and Ron Hiebert. Our wide ranging discussions include investing strategy, economic trends, expert interviews, and financial/tax/estate planning. As we produce and archive shows, the plan is to build a complete investment library with all the tools an investor needs to successfully navigate their way through the complex financial world we live in. Each episode is condensed down to 15 - 20 minutes for efficient listening. Making Money can be accessed here

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MAKING MONEY MINUTE

Making Money Minute is Ron’s daily financial feature that is aired weekdays on the Alberta radio station 840 CFCW at 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. It provides a daily summary of major financial issues that effect you personally. These topics are later given more in depth analysis on our Making Money Show. Making Money Minute can be accessed here.

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Gord Whitehead

Gord spent 40 years in radio and television in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, B.C. and Alberta, and has an overpowering curiosity about many things. An avid reader, the world of finance always held a deep fascination. Through his career, conducting hundreds of interviews, the lack of a basic financial understanding among the broad population helped hatch the idea of working with Ron on this project. One of Gord’s unique gifts is his ability to take complex social and economic issues and make them easy to understand. Currently he spends his time still reading, cooking, playing golf when possible and travelling with his wife. Charity work was a focus for many years and fund raising for The Caritas Hospitals Foundation (now Covenant Health), 630 CHED’s Santas Anonymous and the Jerry Forbes Center were opportunities to give back to Edmonton, the community he calls home.

RON HIEBERT

Ron was a portfolio manager for a major Canadian investment firm for 35 years. His main responsibility was to oversee a billion dollar stock and bond portfolio for his clients. He has taught investment classes at Grant McEwan University and the University of Alberta for two decades and hosted a weekly financial talk show called Making Money since 1989. He has written two investment books, “Making Money The Old Fashioned Way” and “Wealth Building” and an audio CD, “The Best of Making Money”. Ron has been a serial entrepreneur throughout his career focussing on the energy and real estate sectors. He is a voracious reader, loves to cook for family and friends and enjoys motorcycling and kayaking. When not at home, Ron is travelling the world with his wife Penny. His passion is education and he has been involved for many years building schools in Africa. Like Gord, he sees a general lack of basic financial skills among Canadians and wants to help improve that through this project.

Since this site is a work in progress, we are excited to hear your comments and suggestions. If you have questions for our show, topic ideas or ways to make this website better, email us at makingmoney@cfcw.com or comments@letsmakemoney.ca.

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