20 Cents from May 2010

It’s time for the next monthly installment of 20 Cents. Is it just me or did it seem like May was only 12 days long? Here are 10 of my favourite articles from around the web for May, 2010.

I try to include a fairly well-rounded selection each month, but 10 slots is just not enough to cover all of the great writing that gets served [...] Continue reading 20 Cents from May 2010





2010 Financial Plan: Q1 Update

The course of life is unpredictable . . . no one can write his autobiography in advance.

~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

Update: This post is featured in The Carnival of Money Stories #49 at Foreigner’s Finances. Thanks!

When I wrote about Our 2010 Financial Plan in January, there was a lot of uncertainty about our income – both in terms of quantity and stability. I quoted Jon Bon [...] Continue reading 2010 Financial Plan: Q1 Update





20 Cents from March 2010

Here’s my monthly gathering of 10 of my favourite articles from around the web. The bad news is: there are usually way more than 10 articles that I could include here, so some great ones inevitably get missed. The good news is: I just joined Twitter, so I’ll be able to share articles with you throughout the month. If you want to follow me on [...] Continue reading 20 Cents from March 2010





Book Review: You're Broke Because You Want to Be

People are the way they are because that is the way they choose to be. Money doesn’t change the kind of person you are. You are who you are because of the choices you make, not because of how much money you have.

~ Larry Winget

Update: This review is included in the Carnival of Personal Finance #148 – Tour of Ireland Edition at Being Frugal. Thanks!

This [...] Continue reading Book Review: You’re Broke Because You Want to Be





6 Scales of Financial Capability: How Do We Measure Up?

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

~ Attributed to both Andy McIntyre and Derek Bok

Update: This article was included in the Festival of Frugality #220 – The Minimalist Edition at Fire Finance. Thanks!

In April of 2009 Statistics Canada conducted it’s first-ever survey on financial capability. You can imagine that it’s pretty hard to measure something as multidimensional (and to some degree subjective) as financial [...] Continue reading 6 Scales of Financial Capability: How Do We Measure Up?





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