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Sometimes life is all about the little things. While I don’t exactly find it worthwhile, from a financial perspective, to count every single penny that comes into or out of our household, I do believe that it is beneficial to make some relatively small changes that will result in a larger gain long term. There…
In the US, April is the month when there is heightened awareness about personal finance issues. The goal is to make people more aware of healthy financial habits and create a financially healthier population. Last year at this time, I shared a barrage of links on the topic of financial literacy. Here in Canada we…
Long term care insurance is designed to pay out a benefit should you need retirement care such as assisted living, home care or nursing home care. However, long term care insurance may not provide what you expect or might not pay out at all when you need it. Why you might want to avoid long…
Over the last couple weeks I transferred all my sites over to a new host. A bit of a hassle, but glad to be on a faster server with more helpful tech support. I’m looking forward to spending less time as a server administrator and more time improving my sites and increasing traffic! Budgeting Glen…
This past Tuesday was a good one for Canadian Finance Blog for a couple reasons. We won the March Money Madness Finals at Free Money Finance and as a result charity:water will receive $500! Secondly, Robb Engen introduced himself to Canadian Finance Blog readers. Look forward to more great posts from Robb every second week!…
Anyone who’s ever borrowed money goes through a learning curve of what they could have done better, what they should have done, etc. Some also go through a grim but educational process of debt recovery, in which they learn the hard way. Whether they were business loans or personal loans, the money came and went,…
One of the strongest memories I have as a child regarding money was when our family held garage sales. I would get to collect different old toys that were “mine”, price them for sale, and reap the rewards of any sales. It was always fun to get a small wad of cash, which I would…
