From the category archives:

Investment

Financial Smarts: Everyone’s a winner.

May 24, 2011

Winning may not be everything, but it sure feels good. Just ask anyone who has put their finances back on track and who is sticking to a budget. There is no official award for that. But there are tons of rewards. Like not having to stew about the weight of your piggy bank every single [...]

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All the women who are independent, RRSP or TFSA?!

March 22, 2011

I was raised by a single mother of three who instilled a fierce need for independence in me. I’m not the “I buy my own rings and shoes” kind of independent woman but the kind who is a conspiracy theorist and relies on no one but herself for anything because no one else can be [...]

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2011: A sure thing or a gamble?

January 5, 2011

This may be hard to fathom, but in North America one out of every four people believe their best chance of getting rich is by playing the lottery. That’s according to one pundit I recently tripped over online. If the claim is true, it’s shocking. And even if it’s only fractionally true, it’s still shocking. [...]

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Visit moneyville.ca and go to town with smart advice.

October 27, 2010

This may seem a little unusual, but this week I’m here to promote what technically might be called my competition. I want to tell you about a very special online space dedicated to personal money management – moneyville.ca. I don’t really view the site as a competitor, more as a friend really, since any good [...]

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Here’s your financial tool kit

August 4, 2010

For many of us, it’s not January but September that qualifies as the start of the new year in Canada. Come the end of the Labour Day weekend, there’s a feeling the whole world is getting back into gear. Schoolrooms, boardrooms and businesses come alive; social and cultural events start ramping up; hockey season gets [...]

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Cashing in on Hollywood

March 31, 2010

Movies about money that will move you. Pop culture has plenty to teach in terms of financial literacy – movies about money, for example.   Indeed, having discussed popular books about money in this space, I think it’s worthwhile to talk about a few popular films about money. But let me clarify that. The movies [...]

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Books about Doing the Books

February 2, 2010

Words to the wise on personal money management. To everyone out there who is anxious about money and credit, let me say this: invest in a little knowledge and you will be surprised by how quickly you can leave your worries behind. A first big step in this process is to do a little reading [...]

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Investing 101. No question is too dumb.

May 19, 2009

  I know there is always a lot of hype about investing, especially today. Where to invest, how to invest – I find it daunting myself. But I am reminded of what Warren Buffett, the most successful investor in history, once said:   “I don’t look to jump over seven-foot bars; I look around for [...]

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What does a recession mean to you?

October 21, 2008

  Lately in the news, we’ve all been hearing we are in an economic crisis.  People I talk to at Credit Canada and out and about often say, ”My job is stable; I won’t be affected by a recession.” or “I don’t have money in the stock market; I am safe.”  On the surface this may seem like a valid [...]

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