Financial Reset For The New Year
How to Do a Financial Reset for the New Year As the new year begins, it’s the perfect time to […]
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The 5 Types of Financial Independence Retire Early (FI/RE)
Starting your journey towards Financial Independence Retire Early (FI/RE) in Canada opens up possibilities for those eager to take control
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How to Calculate Retirement Savings in Canada With or Without a Pension
When is a good time to calculate retirement savings needs? When retirement may be decades away it’s hard to think
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The S&P 500 Index Demystified: A Beginner’s Guide
The most widely touted advice among financial influencers on the internet is to “just invest in the S&P 500.” But
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FHSA Canada: Understanding the newest tool for homeownership.
The FHSA in Canada is a new account for aspiring homeowners. Is it the answer to fixing housing affordability in Canada? Well,
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What is a Defined Benefit Retirement Plan?
Throughout your career search, you may come across some employers that offer a defined benefit pension and wonder, “Just what
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Should You Open An RESP? 3 Reasons Not To
Many millennial parents are struggling with student loan debt repayments, higher than planned mortgage payments, or increasing rents, as well
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How Do You Use Credit Cards Wisely?: Cracking The Code
How do you use credit cards wisely? This beginners guide to using credit to your benefit and avoiding credit card pitfalls can help you master credit use.
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Best Canadian Personal Finance Youtubers to watch in 2024
Introduction Learning about personal finance is a lot easier when you can consume the content in your medium of choice.
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Financial Literacy For Kids
Financial Literacy for Kids: Kid friendly resources to set your children up for success In a world where financial literacy
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What is a soft credit check in Canada
What Is A Soft Credit Check in Canada: What You Need to Know While applying for a new loan, mortgage
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Best Canadian Personal Finance Podcasts for 2024
Improve Your Financial Literacy with Canadian Personal Finance Podcasts Getting better with money is likely on everyone’s to-do list, but
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Employer Pension Plans Canada: A Millennial Guide
Have an employer sponsored pension, and confused as to what that means for your future financial planning? Come along as we dive deep into everything you need to know about having a pension in Canada.
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5 Reasons You Need To Be Investing (As A Canadian Woman)
If you’re a Canadian Woman who wants to start investing, you, my friend, are in the right place. Before I
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Life Insurance Basics for Canadian Families
Life Insurance Basics For Canadian Families Here are some life insurance basics every Canadian family should know! When you’re budgeting
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6 ways to save that will make more room in your budget!
Make more room in your budget When you are trying to make more room in your budget usually it is
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Credit scores in Canada – What you need to know
Credit touches so many facets of our lives, understanding what makes up your credit score in Canada, and what a
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New Years Goal Setting
Learn how to identify and work toward your Financial Goals.
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2021 Year In Review
Looking back at the past year, in review, there have been many challenges of course. COVID continued, work was a
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Baby is born… Now what?
Baby is born… now what? On top of the oodles of love, dozens of appointments, bazillions of pictures, stress and
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Planning for Maternity Leave
So you are expecting a baby, and now need to plan for maternity leave. Deciding how long you will be
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Learnings from an unexpected loss in the family
Last year we tragically and unexpectedly lost a close family member, my father in law. As tough as it is
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How to Level Up Your Budget
How To Level Up Your Budget We have all heard the saying, you can’t track what you don’t measure, so
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Budgeting for Beginners
Today I want to start with the basics of budgeting for beginners. Before we dive in, a big CONGRATS to
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Selling on Facebook Marketplace
Selling on Facebook Marketplace In organizing the house for our upcoming move, hubby and I realized we had a lot
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Good Reads: Work Optional
Work Optional Book Review Have you ever dreamed of a work optional life? I love reading books on personal finance.
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New Year Goals!
My Goals For the New Year With a new year always comes resolutions and goals. Right now its difficult to
Good Reads: Millionaire Teacher Review
Millionaire Teacher Review Just finished this great book that I had seen and heard a lot about, and I’m glad
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Bank Rates and Fees
Understanding bank rates and fees for Canadians. How to lower your bank fees. Are online banks legit?
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Learning about Money
Learning about money What is the earliest memory you have when it comes to learning about money? A lot of
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September Diet: How Diet and Savings are tied
As a serious coffee drinker, I didn’t think I could undertake this challenge. My husband and I decided to do
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The Roboadvisor Experience
Article updated June 27, 2024 Who should consider investing with a Roboadvisor? It might be right for someone who isn’t
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50% savings rate
How we achieved a 50% savings rate A bit of background: We are DINK’s from Canada (Double Income No Kids).
7 Hidden Fees To Avoid
7 Hidden Fees To Avoid As Canadians we pay a TON of fees, make sure you are aware of these
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Paying down debt
For most of my early adult life I was focused on aggressively paying down my student loans. Looking back this
Net Worth: What are you worth?
Net worth? What are you worth? No, this isn’t a hypothetical or philosophical question. Have you ever actually sat down
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