Personal Finance

Summer Company sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me, especially with the mentoring program that helps many people who are starting their own business.

Some spending decisions, once made, are difficult or impossible to reverse.

You hear about the money you can make in real estate all the time. But you have to be careful to make sure you're investing and not speculating.

You want your tax return back as soon as possible. I get that. But make sure you don't get pulled into one of these common tax return scams.

As unfortunate as terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and the death of beloved celebrities are, there is comfort in knowing that insurance companies are paying their obligations. Sometimes, the insurance payouts are astronomical. Six of the highest paid life insurance policies of all time are...

Many people are unable to get a checking account. As a result prepaid debit cards become a nice alternative. See some of the best prepaid cards out there.

In playing fantasy baseball, I realized there were many similarities to personal finance!

When it comes to rewards programs, you can benefit quite a bit from cash-back rewards. Points and miles are nice, but there's nothing that compares to cold, hard cash.

It's too bad personal finance isn't sexy, right? But some things need to be taken care of. See 6 unsexy personal finance items you need to get to.

"For people that aren't at all aware of what College Pro Painters is, the basic idea is that students make money by running their own small painting business in the summer.  The theory is that they hire other students, make use of the CPP brand name, resources, and training, then go about making great profits over the course of a summer."

"If you're addicted to traveling like I am, you probably make sure you carry a Visa and a Mastercard where ever you go (you'd be surprised how many places overseas don't accept Mastercard)."

Before opening a brokerage account take a look at what you must consider first. Make sure you understand what to look for in an account.

One trick that I learned while going to university is to go to the first few classes before you plunked down hundreds of dollars of textbooks for a course.

The Walking Dead is an awesome, fun show to watch. Many of the lessons learned surviving zombies transfer to your life and finances.

There is no point in racking up a huge and costly debt just to collect the most rewards possible from your rewards card. But if you can manage your debt, you can profit from the rewards.

Investors should look for bubble signs long before a stock market bubble is identified. Here are 5 bubble sings to look for:

There are new rules for taking the home office tax deduction that make it easier for some to claim it. See what they are.

Common law couples in B.C. who have been living together for more than two years, will have the same rights as married couples if they are separated.

We were going over the different types of registered savings accounts that Canada offers and one of my students asked me a very interesting question:

A true story of my friend Bill who has thrown away thousands of dollars on the lottery and refuses to stop. He could probably be retired by now if not for his lottery addiction.