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Feb 18, 2010 by
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One of the biggest obstacles to making and keeping a budget is not knowing where to begin. Thankfully, the Internet age has brought with it some wonderful tools designed to help you keep an eye on your spending. Here are just a few.
1. Wesabe.com: A lot of Web-based budgeting tools are similar, but one of [...]
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I’ve been trying out another online budgeting tool that has some interesting features and most importantly to readers here, works for Canadian bank accounts!
The reason PocketSmith works with Canadian banks is because, like Wesabe and BudgetPulse, PocketSmith requires you to load your transaction data that you can download from your bank’s website. This can also [...]
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Looking to reduce your spending and save more money? While many dread the word, the best way to accomplish these goals may be creating and following a budget.
Before you can set up a budget and look for ways to improve, you’ll need to know what you are doing now. This could be done in Excel [...]
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Dec 10, 2009 by
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A guest post from south of the border, Dual Income No Kids (DINKs) Finance brings some valuable reminders for how to work on integrating couple’s finances. While this is particularly useful for those who are starting to live together or getting married, several of these tips are useful throughout the process of integrating finances as [...]
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BudgetPulse is a money management website that could be a great way for you to report and budget based on all your Canadian accounts. It’s actually something that they DON’T do that makes it work so great for Canadians looking to track and forecast their personal expenses.
I’ve previously written about other websites like Mint, Quicken [...]
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Today is the beginning of Credit Education Week in Canada. Credit Education Week focuses on teaching personal finance and money management. The theme this year is Couples and Money. The event is put on by Credit Canada and Capital One.
The kick off starts this morning in Toronto and includes some of my favorite financial celebrities [...]
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Just last week I wrote that Aaron Patzer, the Founder and CEO of Mint Software had stated that Mint could be coming to Canada and the U.K. in early 2010.
Well, plans may have changed now that Intuit, the company behind a similar service called Quicken Online has bought Mint.com for $170 million. Buy doing so, [...]
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