Just cashed out for 2M. What now?
mrtron: Being Canadian...I recommend PC Financial.  Their high interest savings is great, and no fees!With 2 mil, I would personally:-Buy a place to live in the 400k range.  Housing is probably overpriced right now, but generally speaking the Canadian housing market is not too badly bubbled.  I really don't see a Canadian crash coming, but there may be a slight price reduction.-Put 200k into a high interest account.  Easy to access, guaranteed return, etc.-Put 200k into a new business.  But that is because it is what I enjoy doing, if you want to learn to paint, go to school, etc throw the money there.-Put 200k in the stock market.  Canadian financial institutions are amazingly underpriced currently, and so are several commodity based companies.The remaining million I would use for stability/hedging.  Hedge against the Canadian dollar, inflation, etc.  I would probably get some professional help from investment banking friends, but this would probably be a combination of US bonds, CDN bonds, gold, etc.The Canadian economy is currently almost untouched by the current recession.  There will be a bad 2-3 years at a minimum coming up so plan for that.  I would plan on shifting into the stock market cautiously over a period of time and not throw it all in at once, we could easily see another 50% decline over a few months.Lastly, I would take a month and travel around before doing anything at all.