From the category archives:

Mortgages

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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Grown woman hangin’ with her roomies.

July 7, 2010

A couple of months ago I arrived home to a letter from my landlord advising that my rent was to increase by $16.17. This brought my monthly payment to just over $1100. I was scandalized. $1085 was one thing, $1100 was quite another! I know people who have smaller mortgage payments than that.
After years of [...]

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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 one-foot bars [...]

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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 response [...]

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