Monthly Archives: February 2011

Canadian Finance Carnival #22

Today is the final day to enter the Canadian Finance Blog 2nd anniversary giveaway. We have a couple versions of TurboTax as well as an audio CD and some books to give to five lucky winners, so enter now! Budgeting Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents Calculate your net worth, saying “Knowing your net…

Can Work Procrastination Be a Symptom of a Larger Problem?

The following excerpt on work procrastination is from End Procrastination Now!, written by William Knaus and published by McGraw-Hill. If you tend to procrastinate persistently at work, is this a general pattern that you’d take with you anywhere you worked? If so, then you have an opportunity to work out your procrastination problem wherever you…

Friday Links

Money Smarts compares TFSA versus RRSP, which account is best for your retirement funds? Canadian Couch Potato helps you find an index-friendly advisor. Christian PF lists 8 ways they dramatically reduced our expenses this month. The Simple Dollar wants you to be saving money while you sleep. Studenomics tells us why getting richer does not…

Clean Your Budget to Find Hidden Cash

Budget Scribbled On Napkin

Have you gone through your dirty clothing while doing the laundry, tucked your hand into a pocket, and discovered a crumpled up bill? If so, then you know how delightful such a discovery can be. I have a friend who purposefully does this, actually. He’ll hide a bill somewhere, just so he can find it…

Canadian Finance Blog’s 2nd Anniversary!

Today marks the second anniversary of Canadian Finance Blog! In February 2009, this site received an average of about 10 visitors a day. With constant promotion, use of social media and mentions in the press, Canadian Finance Blog is now read by thousands of readers a day and continues to strive to be the Canadian…

The Economy of Doubt

Lost And Confused Signpost

Oftentimes in personal finance we focus on the most practical of financial affairs. We teach you how to budget, how to go about getting a mortgage, or the best way to invest your money. Less often, we talk about our feelings and emotions, mostly related to greed or impulse or depression, as those seem to…