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My $976 Oil Change
Filed under: Consumer Complaints, Family FinancesCome friends. Gather round, and let me tell you a story about a deal that wasn't much of a deal in the end, while I massage my temples and avoid eye...
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How-To Drive An Old Car Without Getting Taken For A Ride
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Family Finances, SavingThere are a lot of good things about driving an older car. Usually there are no monthly payments to make in service of any lease or loans,...
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Where To Invest Your Emergency Cash in a Low Interest World
Filed under: Economizer, Family Finances, SavingIt's official: ING Groep inked a deal last week to sell its way out of Canada. Personally, I'm a little sad. I actually feel a fair bit of affinity for...
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Why Build An Emergency Fund?
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Family Finances, House & Home, SavingWithout fail, every time I talk to someone about debt or money management, they will tell me people need to build an...
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Sweet Parity! Save On Travel Deals and Your Christmas Shopping
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Saving, ShoppingThe dollar is at parity once again, which means there is a whole new round of deals to be had for all you bargain hunters out there. The big deals...
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The Hidden Costs of Being Sick
Filed under: Family Finances, Health, SavingThere are a few things in this country that I'm grateful for: Universal healthcare is one; labour laws are another. When it comes to being sick, however,...
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Debt, Consolidation... And More Debt?
Filed under: Credit Cards, Debt, Family Finances, SavingHow is it that so many people who consolidate their debts, or receive some kind of financial windfall, find themselves right back where they...
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DIY Wills: Tips and Pitfalls
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Family Finances, House & HomeThe do-it-yourself will kit is nothing new, but they're making a bit of a comeback lately. Aided by online technology and group coupon sites,...
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One Size DOESN'T Fit All: Your Last Will and Testament
Filed under: Family FinancesAlthough the need for a will often comes up in lists of things to work on if you're interested in getting your affairs in order, powers of attorney usually don't make the...
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One Size DOESN'T Fit All: Debt settlement
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Consumer Complaints, Credit Cards, Debt"Believe it or not, the radio commercials out there, the ones professing to have access to government programs that will help you...
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One Size DOESN'T Fit All: Getting Advice From Your Bank
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Debt, Family Finances, Investing, Retirement and RRSPs, SavingThere's a lot of one-size-fits-all advice out there online, but it's also pretty common to find it in somewhat...
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Top 10 Ways to Save for Christmas
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Debt, Family Finances, Shopping, HolidaysStop for a minute and think hard about the post-holiday debt hangover you always hear about in January. Rather than...
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Make More Money: Do an Apprenticeship
Filed under: Employment & Careers, Family Finances, Back to SchoolJust like adding more schooling to your list of credentials, completing an apprenticeship appears to be a pretty good way of...
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Make More Money: Get a New Job
Filed under: Employment & Careers, Family FinancesAlthough you would think a reasonable raise shouldn't be too difficult to come by for any valued employee, in reality, no matter how much companies...
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Who Among Us Are Debt-Free?
Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Credit Cards, Debt, Family FinancesI have debt, as do most of the people I know. In fact, those I know who are actually debt-free, all seem to be a lot older than...
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Giving Teens 'The Talk' About Money Management
Filed under: Credit Cards, Debt, Back to SchoolTake a room full of 600 high school students, and spend the day trying to teach them about money. Can you say tough crowd? Across the province and around...
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Fund Managers Fear Negative Growth: What (Another) Recession Might Mean For You
Filed under: Economizer, Family Finances, ShoppingWhere did the money go? This is actually a topic of conversation that's come up in social settings in the past few months, believe it or not. It seems...
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Is Your Teen a 'Conscientious Consumer' or a 'Stylish Spender'?
Filed under: Family Finances, Saving, Back to SchoolFinancial literacy efforts are growing in popularity in recent years. Those tasked with the job of developing curriculum to teach children, however,...
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Are Online Stock Trading Courses Legit, or Snake Oil?
Filed under: Buyer Beware, Employment & Careers, InvestingThere's certainly a wild array of products and experiences to be had on the cheap, sort of, if you spend enough time trolling group...
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Book Covers Everything You Wanted to Know About RESPs
Filed under: Family Finances, SavingNeed RESP help? After years of writing about Registered Education Savings Plans on his award-winning Money Smarts website, Mike Holman wrote the book you need to...
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