Monthly Archives: March 2010

Tax Software Review – Udotaxes 2009

While I’ve written about StudioTax in both the 2008 and 2009 tax years, I recently found out about another free Canadian tax program called Udotaxes. Udotaxes has a very polished look that makes it appear less like free software and more like QuickTax or UFile. There is a wizard for entering your basic information such…

Friday Links

Money Energy shows how to protect yourself from currency risk when buying US stocks. Consumerism Commentary suggests you beware the Downloadable Content (DLC). Money Help For Christians disscusses how to help teens deal with spending and consumerism. Million Dollar Journey explains how annuities work. Debt Free Adventure looks at Exchange Traded Funds. Thicken My Wallet questions, how many bank stocks…

What is Financial Literacy? Part 2

This week, I would like to simply continue where I left off from last week and walk through some more key points in the discussion paper released by the task force on Financial Literacy.  I will tackle three more sections in the discussion paper. The Learning Foundation In this section, the paper talks about how…

A Financial Lesson From StarCraft

I have a confession to make. Ever since the StarCraft 2 Beta came out, I’ve been watching StarCraft videos on YouTube. And now just the new ones, from the new game, but videos of Korean Tournaments playing the original StarCraft, which, by the way, came out in 1998. For those of you that don’t know,…

Festival Of Frugality #221 – Spider-Man Edition

Welcome to the Spider-Man edition of the Festival of Frugality! The last time I hosted this carnival was back in September and I had a G.I.Joe theme that had a lot of comments with people reminiscing back to their youth. So for this edition I thought I’d look back at something that was a staple…

Passive Income – How to Supplement Your Retirement

How are you saving for retirement? What impact has the global economic slowdown had on your plans to retire? If you are like many people around the world, you have probably seen your assets and investments deteriorate over the past couple of years. There is a good chance your retirement savings are included in those…

Friday Links

Financial Highway lists 8 financial goals for your 30s. Million Dollar Journey posts I Quit! 6 Signs It May be Time to Move On. Generation X Finance looks at 3 possible market bubbles on the horizon. Enemy of Debt presents Great Financial Advice From The In-Flight Safety Handbook. Get Rich Slowly uncovers the hidden cost…