Monthly Archives: August 2011

Fuel Economy Tips & Tricks

Car dashboard with speed, temperature and fuel

My wife and I went on a bit of a drive. We have some friends that live in a bordering province, so when we had some time off work we decided to go and visit them. We had always hesitated because it is a bit of a drive (8-9 hours), and with fuel prices being…

Dividend Yield vs. Dividend Growth

Dividends Road Sign

When I first started learning about stocks I was drawn towards investing in companies that pay dividends.  As I researched more about dividend stocks I wondered why anyone would invest in a stock that paid a lower dividend yield than their competitor.  I clearly did not understand dividend yield vs. dividend growth. High Dividend Yield…

This Is Flipping Fun!

Real Estate Money

Did you feel inclined to build Lego cities or sand castles when you were young? Did you always insist on decorating and setting up your room so that it’s trendy, practical and useful? Are you worried that your creativity is not fully utilized in your job? Well, then you should consider flipping houses as a…

Canadian Finance Carnival #48

Business Kristin at Create Hype presents How To Create A Press Release, saying “Despite today’s rapidly evolving technology, the good old press release is still one of the best ways to reach the media to gain publicity.” Career Briana at Stupid Cents presents Jobs for Retired People, saying “Working in retirement can be fulfilling. Here…

Advice on Bankruptcy Services

Debtadvisoryline.co.uk

Between September and December of last year, national newspaper The Guardian published the „diary of a debtor“, a series dealing with the theme of bankruptcy in an unusually upfront fashion. Whether or not the anonymous blogger was a real person or whether the series merely provided useful advice on bankruptcy by latching it onto an…

Friday Links

Money Crashers shares some extreme couponing tips, using discount coupons for free groceries. Dough Roller suggests how to respond to a stock market crash. Money Smarts shows how to lower your mortgage interest rate without paying any penalties. Canadian Couch Potato looks at why passive investors aren’t really lazy. Free From Broke examines the lure…

Start Thinking Like A Wealthy Person

We’re all here for one reason- we want to accumulate assets and end up becoming wealthy. Ultimately, there’s only one way to build wealth, and that’s spending less than you earn. If you earn a lot, the spending part of the equation isn’t so important, since your higher wage will take care of it. If…