20 Cents from June 2010

We’re halfway through 2010 already. The kids are out of school and I hope to spend some quality time with each of them over the next couple of weeks. I hope you get to enjoy some R & R as well. In the meantime, I have 10 great articles for you to ponder as you sip a cold beverage on your patio!

20 Cents from June 2010





Book Review: Your Money Ratios

Don’t lapse into a high school math class coma; this is easy to grasp . . . If you know how old you are and how much you make, you can master your retirement planning.

~ Charles Farrell, Your Money Ratios

If you’re not a math fan, you might be turned off by the very title of this book: Your Money Ratios: 8 Simple Tools for Financial [...] Continue reading Book Review: Your Money Ratios





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





Should You Take Money Out of RRSPs to Pay Off Debt?

Retirement: It’s nice to get out of the rat race, but you have to learn to get along with less cheese.

~ Gene Perret

Update: This article is featured in the Money Hackers Carnival #108 – Dare or Truth! at Eliminate the Muda. Thanks. I love that theme!

It’s also included in the Carnival of Financial Planning  Edition #133 by The Skilled Investor. Thank you!

I’ve had a [...] Continue reading Should You Take Money Out of RRSPs to Pay Off Debt?





Love & Money: Retiring Together

We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.

~ Author Unknown

We conclude our Love & Money series today with a look at retirement goals. The Financial Post recently highlighted an interesting poll in which only half of the retired respondents said [...] Continue reading Love & Money: Retiring Together





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