About David Trahair
David Trahair is a Chartered Accountant, speaker and author of the National Best Seller Smoke and Mirrors: Financial Myths That Will Ruin Your Retirement Dreams as well as his new book Enough Bull: How to Retire Well Without the Stock Market, Mutual Funds or Even an Investment Advisor. He is also the author of The Entrepreneurial Itch: Don't Scratch Until You Read This Book! It's about how to fulfill the dream of self-employment.
Smoke and Mirrors was first released in 2004. It has been updated each year since then and is currently in its seventh edition which is now in stores. Sales have exceeded over 35,000 to date.
David has made many television appearances including CITY TV Breakfast Television, BNN, CBC NewsWorld, CTV and CFTO News, Rogers TV, CBC Venture and CHTV. He has also been featured on many local and national radio programs including CBC Radio One.
David is a straight-shooter able to explain the often confusing world of personal finance in plain English. Canadians love David's no-nonsense style and the fact that his views are totally independent. He does not sell any financial products and there are no sponsors behind the scenes shaping what he says. David says and writes about what he wants to - unfiltered advice for the hard-working Canadian.
David currently operates his own public accounting firm and gives half-day and full-day seminars on both Smoke and Mirrors and Enough Bull to CAs in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, NWT and soon, Bermuda. He has also delivered seminars to the Certified Management Accountants of Ontario (CMAs) and the Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGAs).
David was born in Toronto and attended public and high school in Oakville, Ontario. He received his undergraduate degree - a Bachelor of Science and Business from the University of Waterloo - in 1981. He received his C.A. designation in 1985 while working for the firm of Clarkson Gordon (now Ernst & Young). David is a past Board member of the Credit Canada, a Registered Charity dedicated to providing consumer-oriented credit counselling services to families and individuals.
|
