Monthly Archives: April 2010

Meet The Money Mavens Network

Today I’d like to introduce the Money Mavens Network, a group of nine blogs that each bring a different perspective to the personal finance blogosphere. With each site occupying separate niches, we can point you to further reading from network members that have more experience on a particular topic. Thanks to Craig at Money Help…

Friday Links

Balance Junkie lists 6 life lessons from the stock market. Enemy of Debt presents a basic plan to teach children financial responsibility. Green Panda Treehouse shows how you can avoid lifestyle inflation. Redeeming Riches discusses how to stay on track with financial budgeting. Wealth Pilgrim lists 11 tips on how to save on homeowners insurance….

Converting An RRSP To A Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF)

If you’ve been saving part of your income in your RRSP, by the time you retire you’ll likely have a comfortable nest egg. While there are tips to reduce your taxes when withdrawing your income, there is something else you’ll want to plan ahead for… the Registered Retirement Income Fund. You must close out your…

Which Car is Right For Us?

Buying a car is a big decision. Financially, it is something that can cost anything from a couple hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Relationally, your vehicle can also be a reflection of who you are, what your lifestyle is like, and where you are going in life. There’s a certain persona that…

5 Ways to Make Your Credit Card Work For You

Credit cards are seen as evil, ugly – and most commonly – bad debt. However, owning a credit card does not automatically mean you will begin accumulating bad debt. In fact, there are a number of ways you can benefit from owning a credit card, and ways you can actually make your credit work for…

Top 5: March 2010

March was a great month for Canadian Finance Blog. Traffic was once again a new record, thanks in part to Money Sense and The Globe and Mail. Of course the top referring blogs you see below had a great part in it as well as some social media help from Craig at Free From Broke….

Yakezie Carnival #6

Canadian Finance Blog entered the Yakezie Challenge just in late February with a rather decent Alexa score of 128,683. Since that time, thanks to all the Yakezie members visiting the site, with the toolbar installed, we are now at an awesome 92,556! To help give back to some of those members, we’re hosting the 6th…