Monthly Archives: June 2011

Why I Don’t Have A Budget

Budget Scribbled On Napkin

Since I’m still pretty new here at CFB, I’ll forgive all you guys for not knowing a little secret about me. And since we’re all pals, I’ll tell you. Lean in real close now. I’m lazy. I’m not just a regular amount of lazy either. I’m so lazy I’ve been known to eat meals directly…

The Cost of Online Gaming: Free to Play

Man in front of computer

Earlier this week, Valve (a major gaming company), confirmed a major trend in online gaming by releasing one of their most popular games, Team Fortress 2, for free.  TF2 was never a particularly expensive game, and could often be found on Valve’s Steam service for 5 or 10 dollars. It also isn’t a very new…

Is Your Life Insurance Up To Date?

Life Insurance Compass

With all of the changes going on in our lives over the past few years I’ve been thinking a lot about life insurance, specifically about how much life insurance is enough?  Raising a family on a single income is tough enough, and I couldn’t imagine how devastating it would be if one of us were…

Buy Term and Invest the Difference

Life Insurance

Here’s a concept that most readers of financial blogs will be familiar with – buy term and invest the difference. It’s a concept that came in to fashion in the 1980′s and is still going strong in some corners of the financial world. The end decision in all cases behind this concept though, is that…

Canadian Finance Carnival #42

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the debut Canadian Finance Blog post by Nelson Smith! Budgeting Mike at Experiglot presents A One Week Guide for Raging Your Way to Personal Finance Success, saying “Let’s gain control of our finances this week!” Glen Craig at Free From Broke presents Try a No Spend…

Friday Links

The Simple Dollar explores the secrets of money and life success. PT Money lists  30 free things to do in the summer. Million Dollar Journey wants to know, how much does the queen make?. Boomer & Echo explains how to add gold to your portfolio. Retire Happy Blog discusses disability insurance. Financial Highway wants you…

Introducing Nelson Smith

The year was 1983. There was all sorts of great stuff going on in the world. Tokyo Disneyland finally opened, letting Japanese people blow too much money on rides and bad food. The first Nintendo gaming console went on sale in Japan, giving losers something to do until being a nerd became cool. Tomas Sankara…