While there has been some improvement in the economy in recent months, thousands of households continue to feel the pinch. With many people’s wages stagnating and the cost of food and bills seemingly on a constant rise, the need to budget more effectively and think debt management are high on a lot of New Year’s resolution… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Financial Literacy
TurboTax Review for TurboTax 2012 and TurboTax Online
Tax season is rarely a fun time. However, it doesn’t have to be too hard, either. What you really need is help filing your taxes. But you don’t have to go to an accountant to get it done. If you have TurboTax, you can do your taxes on your own, for a relatively small cost.… Continue Reading
Earn Higher Cash Yields with Term Deposits
Right now, we are seeing a very low-interest environment. Savers looking to earn a decent yield are finding it hard to earn high enough rates to stave off inflation, much less see any sort of solid return. If you are looking to better preserve your capital, earning a little bit more on your cash, you… Continue Reading
What happened to customer service?
I’m not much of a shopper but I’m forced to do more shopping during the Christmas season for obvious reasons. This Christmas I had both good and bad experiences when it comes to customer service and thought it would be fun to share these experiences with you. Staples failed me Having my own company for… Continue Reading
Teaching kids to save with a piggy bank
There are lots of different strategies to teach kids to save money but the classic icon for saving money is the pink piggy bank. I started to teach my kids about money and saving at the age of 2. Every child got a piggy bank and $3.41 which is a Twoonie, Loonie, quarter, dime, nickel… Continue Reading
Best Financial Tips
November is Financial Literacy month, which makes it a pretty important month because financial literacy is extremely important to everyone’s life. Thanks to Glenn Cooke at LifeInsuranceCanada.com, a bunch of Canadian bloggers are lighting up the blogosphere with the Blog for Financial Literacy campaign by sharing “My best financial tip” and publishing it today. The intention is to… Continue Reading
Actual Wealth vs Perceived Wealth
My son, Robbie, approached me this weekend and said I have a perfect poem for you dad. I think you can use it for your work. Here’s the poem: SMART My Dad gave me a one dollar bill ‘Cause I’m his smartest son, And I swapped it for two shinny quarters ‘Cause two is more… Continue Reading
Amazon Payments Car Scam
We’ve been on the hunt for a used car since the transmission blew up on one of our cars. We came across a 2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT for only $11,000. Based on some limited research, this was clearly an excellent deal because most 2010 Traverse’s were going for $18,000 to $25,000. As much as I… Continue Reading