While the global recession is unpleasant for everyone, you should worry more about your personal financial situation. Suffering from a personal financial disaster is more painful than reading about recession in the news. What you can do to avoid it? Certainly a lot of things: save money, avoid getting into debt, secure your income, and…
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Building an Inexpensive Office Wardrobe
As I’ve mentioned before in Find Free Exercise, I’ve never worked in an office setting before. Since college, all of my jobs have been outside, so my daily “uniform” has drastically changed over the last few months. When I was working for an irrigation company, I could wear whatever I wanted, as long as I…
Introducing Money Index
Networking is a big part of blogging. To help promote other blogs, I post Friday Links and the Canadian Finance Carnival each week. I’m also a member of the Money Mavens and Yakezie networks. On top of that, there are sites like Twitter, Tip’d, PF Buzz, and pfblogs that help bloggers reach out to more…
I Should Have Bought An Index Fund
An index fund is a mutual fund that tracks a certain index. Large market indexes include the S&P TSX, Dow Jones and S&P 500. Index funds based on these indexes are a great way to invest in the stock market without buying individual stocks or actively managed mutual funds. Unfortunately, I didn’t always know about…
Canadian Finance Carnival #3
Welcome to the third edition of the Canadian Finance Carnival. Thanks to everyone that has been participating every week and thanks to those who submitted for the first time this week! Budgeting Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents Budgets and Spending Plans: Find What Works, saying “I want to share some budgeting systems that have…
Dying Without A Will
The following excerpt is from Smart Tips For Estate Planning, which shows Canadians how to customize their estate plan to protect families, safeguard assets and bring peace of mind. Many people die without ever having written a Will. When that happens, provincial laws and the courts decide who will settle the estate and who will…
Friday Links
Bible Money Matters 5 ways to successfully fail at personal finance. Money Smarts 6 reasons for not reinvesting dividends. Where Does All My Money Go is HXT teally that complex and risky? Money Ning the way we think about money. Invest It Wisely is it really that expensive to eat healthy food? Out Of Your…
