A couple of years ago I was playing music with a band. I got pretty into the music scene, played a few gigs, spent a lot of time playing and listening to music. Being the type of person that I am, I also did a lot of research. I’m not quite sure where I got…
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Learning about Locked-In Retirement Accounts
Every industry uses a set of acronyms and the financial industry is no different. When is comes to locked in accounts, there are LIRAs and LIFs. What are locked-in accounts? Locked in accounts are simply money that originates from a pension plan. As long as you are employed by a company or organization with a…
Eco-Friendly Tips For Summer Cleaning On A Budget
During this time of year, when the days start to become both longer and warmer, a lot of people give their house a thorough cleaning, preparing it for those hot summer months. Of course, you can clean your house weekly, but this time of year gives us the chance to do extra cleaning. Walls, window…
Friday Links
The Money Smart Mom book giveaway ends on Sunday night, just head over to that post and leave a comment to be entered to win! Money Smarts provides some low cost ways to buy dividend stocks. Money Help For Christians shares some essential resources to beat credit card debt. Michael James on Money suggests you…
Privacy Benefits of Using a Prepaid Card to Shop Online
In this digital age, you can’t be too careful with your personal information. Shopping online is a great way to save time, money, and effort, but transmitting your credit card number over the Internet can be risky. With hackers and thieves becoming cleverer all the time, even secure web sites may one day become targets….
The Benefit of Employee Benefits
The word “benefits” has a lot of baggage. I remember first hearing it in some movie, where the holy grail of prepubescent relations was the “friend with benefits”. Not only did you have a friend, you had benefits! Of course, as movies, television, and real life show us, the “benefits” in that situation usually means…
GICs – Guaranteed Investment Certificates Explained
Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GIC) are a low risk investment were you lend banks, trust companies and credit unions money for a defined time frame and get a certain interest rate in return. This interest rate is based on the length of time you agree to lend the money and what the current interest rates are…
