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Since the markets are down 10% since March, it might be a good idea to pick up some shares while you can and rebalance your portfolio (and not do your annual contribution of shares to your ETF Portfolio in March like I did!)

In the past we have compared RRSP and TFSA accounts, and RESP vs RRSP accounts, so today we're going to do a head-to-head comparison of TFSA vs RESP contributions.

!  There is nothing quite like the holiday atmosphere and all that it entails.  That being said, there is one part of Christmas that I will just never understand - presents.

I'm not sure if the book store market near you is as cornered as the one I live in, but growing up near Winnipeg, MB, the monster chain of Chapters came in and destroyed the competition. 

I know most of you are wondering how it is possible to save money at the bar, especially since your guard goes down once you're a little buzzed and you forget all about frugality.  It took me about three years to discover the pattern that was common among older students at the pub. 

With the crisis going on over in Europe, austerity measures going on around the world, and people having to prolong their retirement dreams due to decreased income and terrible market returns, I have been reading a lot of material that focuses on an increasing phenomenon known as "pension envy."

Imagine biting into your food only to feel a sharp pain. You look in the mirror and find your tooth has cracked. That's when you have to take a trip to the emergency dentist. And emergency dentists are going to cost. There are a variety of ways in which you can pay for an emergency dentist, and we're going to show them.

One group of stocks you hear people investing in are the Dividend Aristocrats. But what are Dividend Aristocrats? See what they are.

Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) affect how you take your money out of retirement accounts when you require. See how they affect you.

I began my foray into personal finance through reading personal finance books.  Although I was dabbling in personal finance already before reading personal finance books (and of course, not completely understanding it), it wasn't until my friend told me about a book called The Wealthy Barber that I became really interested in personal finance and investing.

While credit cards can, indeed, lead to the bondage of debt, they can also be great financial tools. How you use your credit card matters, and with the right approach, credit cards can help you improve your finances and better manage your cash flow.

I have been a Questrade client for a few years now, so I thought I would write up a Questrade review of my own.  Here's a Questrade promo code to give you $50 in free trades: a1b9d1d9 If you make 10 trades, they'll refund your $50 in free trades (from what I recall a few years back).   I was very very attracted to their $4.95 low commissions. They are a good basic online brokerage.

when I began collecting hockey cards I didn't realize at the time I was getting my first education into the world of market bubbles and speculation

If you don't understand the difference between gross income and net income you have no hope of building wealth and achieving financial freedom.

This inflation guide examines portfolio asset allocation of three inflation trends: increasing inflation, disinflation, and deflation.

This inflation guide explains why the inflation trend should be a major consideration in your portfolio asset allocation.