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Financial Literacy

Imagine, dedicating a week to a sandwich.

November 24, 2011

For a lot of us in Canada, the buzz this past week surrounded a sandwich. A triple decker to be exact. But I’m not talking about a Club House here. I’m talking about The Sandwich Generation, otherwise known as Baby Boomers between the ages of 40 and 60 who face the dual challenge of caring [...]

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Lifestyles of the rich and financially illiterate.

November 1, 2011

The great Samuel Clemens – otherwise known by his pen name Mark Twain – once said: “Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow.” He was certainly a man of his word. Clemens failed to properly manage all the money he made as America’s greatest humourist in the 19th Century. [...]

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You’re invited. Credit Education Week Canada Launch – November 15th. Seating is limited – register now!

October 27, 2011

In 2007, Credit Canada and Capital One Canada teamed up to create the first Credit Education Week Canada, with the objective to raise public awareness and educate Canadians about the many issues and challenges we all face managing our finances, spending and savings.  Five years later, Credit Education Week Canada is still going strong. As [...]

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It’s good to talk about finances with kids.

October 25, 2011

‘If your children are clueless about your household finances, it’s your fault. That’s what makes a survey from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) so significant.’ To read the full article click here .

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Write a brief essay. Win up to $5,000. Join the fun with CEWC.

September 22, 2011

A sure way to attract eyeballs in the world of blogging is to tell folks they can win lots of green by entering a fun contest. Get right to the point, too. Put the dollar figure in your blog headline . I knew I had your rapt attention just seconds ago. Here’s the deal. This [...]

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What has your bank done for you lately? Consider this.

July 21, 2011

You gotta love TheStar.com’s Moneyville section. Week by week, day by day, it offers a wealth of wisdom about intelligent ways to deal with your money and save. Great columnists and writers with oodles of financial smarts highlight the section, which features interesting themes of practical use to all Canadians.   Take Moneyville’s “Free Stuff Week”, [...]

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***Caution shameless plug ahead***

May 20, 2011

Life is all about balance, as they say. So after reading about the antics of the sperminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the celebrity gossip sites I immediately logged onto The Globe and Mail with the aim of realigning the smutty knowledge I’d just acquired with something a little more learned.  On their site I discovered that Dianne Nice, [...]

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Do you live in fear of cell phone jingles?

April 5, 2011

There is nothing more debilitating to the spirit than fear. Yet it is something that many thousands of Canadians face every day as they ponder the financial debts they owe and feel they cannot pay. Collection agencies can make matters worse through what behavioral scientists call “fear installation management.” It’s the psychological games collectors play [...]

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What’s your money type?

March 15, 2011

Here’s an exercise for you to determine what kind of “money personality” you have. No, I’m not suggesting that you are on the brink of experiencing multiple personality disorder. The truth is, we all have a money personality based on our attitude towards money, which stems from what we have observed concerning money matters since we [...]

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Are you an indulgent parent?

March 4, 2011

One day on a crowded bus I overheard one woman talking to another about how she was indulging her children.  The conversation went on about how this woman was giving into her children’s every whim from exclusive (read expensive) summer camps, to laptops, to cell phones, to bedroom makeovers etc. I couldn’t believe my ears. [...]

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