Rob Carrick, author of How to Pay Less and Keep More For Yourself and Rob Carrick's Guide To What Is Good, Bad, and Downright Awful In Canadian Investments Today, has recently released his new book: How Not To Move Back In With Your Parents - The Young Person's Guide To Financial Empowerment. As you can tell, Mr. Carrick is not a fan of short of book titles!
If you are looking for a place to park your retirement account, and do a little buy and hold investing, Etrade might not be a bad option, and very active traders can benefit from lower commissions. However, for the occasional trader might do better elsewhere.
If you are looking for a place to park your retirement account, and do a little buy and hold investing, Etrade might not be a bad option, and very active traders can benefit from lower commissions. However, for the occasional trader might do better elsewhere.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes they say. Well next year it seems certain there will be some new taxes. Take a look at what could change and how it affects you.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes they say. Well next year it seems certain there will be some new taxes. Take a look at what could change and how it affects you.
If you have tried to reign in your spending and get control of your unwieldy household finances, but still the credit card balance and other loans are heading upwards, you might be ready for a tool many governments and companies have used successfully - zero-based budgeting.
"
One of our most popular articles on this blog is the one Young wrote concerning sites like Groupon and Living Social, as well as lesser-known sites that offer similar discounts. The problem for me is that the whole coupon and discount thing is one area where I really struggle when it comes to personal finance. "
When cross border shopping, there are exemption limits to what you can purchase and bring back into Canada without paying duties and taxes at the border.
When cross border shopping, there are exemption limits to what you can purchase and bring back into Canada without paying duties and taxes at the border.
It's that time of year and mid-terms are under way, and for many of you this will be your first time writing them. Exams can be difficult and quite stressful, especially if you're uncomfortable with the course material. Many of you are probably wondering how to pass exams so this might turn into a long post, but as a blog dedicated to helping students I feel as if it is justified.
This post will explain what correlation is, provide examples, examine problems and trends, and explain why it is so important to your portfolio management.
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."