The following is a guest post. I’ll have my 2012 outlook up on Monday. Have a great weekend! ~ 2 Cents Looking for a credit card can be difficult because there are so many different types of cards that offer their holders different advantages. Some credit cards have rewards for making purchases from certain stores,…
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5 New Year’s Resolutions that are Good for Your Wallet
The following is a guest post with some good advice to kick off 2012. Enjoy! The New Year is upon us, and for many, this time of the year signifies a time of new beginnings. People strive to better themselves by creating New Year’s resolutions, many of which are focused on health. While trying to…
Why Can’t We Have Our Cake and Eat It Too?
We’re not talking about mere balance here . . . A visionary company doesn’t simply balance between idealism and profitability; it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable . . . a highly visionary company doesn’t want to blend yin and yang into a gray, indistinguishable circle that is neither highly yin nor highly…
TFSA Contribution Limit for 2012
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci When the Tax Free Savings Account was introduced in Canada in 2009, it was hailed for its practicality and simplicity. Any Canadian 18 years or older can now contribute up to $5000 per year to a TFSA and have those savings grow completely tax free. While TFSA contributions…
Personal Finance in a Secular Bear Market
No one knows what they’ll do in a moment of crisis and hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers. ~Joan Baez When I wrote Another Bear Market: Is It Time to Buy? earlier this week, I tried to summarize the current bull and bear points of view. I also promised to write about how we’re approaching the…
20 Cents from September 2011
This month it was truly difficult to pick only 10 articles to include. I almost had to up the ante to 30 cents! But my goal with these monthly collections is to keep them succinct so readers aren’t overwhelmed with information. Suffice it to say that some really great pieces were left on the proverbial…
Thrift Culture Now: Balance Junkie Interview
Everything in moderation, including moderation. ~Author Unknown A couple of months ago the editors at Thrift Culture Now contacted me for an interview. I normally don’t mind doing this type of thing, especially if it’s in writing. I agreed to do it and they agreed to send over a set of questions for me to…
5 Economic Trends Affecting Your Money
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ~Edward Abbey Although I visit the grocery store at least once a week, lately I’ve had the feeling that I’m in a different place – and that’s not just because we recently moved. I sometimes can’t believe the prices I’m seeing on…
