Monthly Archives: May 2010

10 Ways To Save Money By Using The Internet

The internet is a great source for information on how to save money. Whether you’re looking to get a discount on online purchases, car rentals or even groceries, these tips should provide you with some great ways to get the best price. Research the item you are planning to purchase. The first step to truly…

Top 5: April 2010

April was an important month for those looking for tax info. Many Canadians came to Canadian Finance Blog from The Globe and Mail, Money Sense and Google to find tax tips and reviews of all the 2009 tax software. In last month’s Top 5, I mentioned there were a couple things in the works that…

Friday Links

Financial Highway came up with 10 unique and frugal Mother’s Day gift ideas. Million Dollar Journey looks at owning rental property vs owning REITs. Frugal Dad lists 44 ways to ruin your financial life by age 30. Where Does All My Money Go points out how credit card balance protection insurance costs you even if…

Tax Refund – Will You Invest It?

Most people know that April 30 was the tax filing deadline for individual taxpayers. But the big question, in terms of maximizing all your benefits is this: What are you going to do with your tax refund?  Will you spend it or invest it? Here are six tax efficient ideas for building wealth with your tax…

Dirty Car Dealership Tactics

Sometimes the stars just don’t line up. My wife and I have been looking for a car lately. We got a car loan, we did research, we even test drove some cars. We thought we were ready to buy a car, so we went back to the best car that we found and took it…

Paying Fees On Your Investments

Most recently, I wrote an article highlighting some of my research showing that mutual fund fees do matter in investing.  Mutual fund fees are only one type of fee that impact investors returns.  In this article I would like to highlight some of the different types of fees that every investor should be aware of….

Best of Money Carnival #49

Welcome to Canadian Finance Blog and the 49th edition of the Best of Money Carnival! This carnival includes only the best 10 submissions of the week, not an simple task with almost 50 posts to choose from. I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I did! While you’re here, consider signing up for…