With a new year well underway, you may have had good intentions to improve your finances in 2012. In order to get your finances in check, you need to have a plan. This plan should include living within your means, spending according to your priorities, and doing what you can to get cash back and…
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As I type this post, the show Doomsday Preppers is playing in the background of my hotel room. As far as I can tell, the show isn’t available yet in Canada, so let me fill you in on what you’re missing. The program profiles families that are preparing for certain doomsday scenarios. One family is…
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Was one of your new years resolutions to get your finances in order? Are there a few things about the whole situation that you’re just not sure about? Personal finance doesn’t have to be that hard. There’s a couple basic rules that you can follow that will instantly change your whole financial situation. The first,…
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We do everything socially these days. The Internet has made it easier to share your life with others – and that includes your shopping habits. The rise of sites like Groupon and LivingSocial make it possible for you to enjoy great deals along with all of your friends. But are these group deal vouchers all…
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We live in a world of disposable goods. Plastic water bottles, paper towels, IKEA furniture. We’ve been taught to purchase things, expect a short lifespan, and then throw them in the trash when we are done with them. Even if you ignore the environmental and moral aspects, there’s a huge financial aspect to embracing disposable…
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You can get a MacBook Pro for $70! With penny auction sites, prices start at a single cent, and you can possibly buy expensive electronics for low, low prices. At least that’s what the adverts tell you. Unfortunately, the reality of these penny auction sites is that they are making loads of money for the…
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Shopping can be addictive. Everyone knows that there’s shopaholics out there. There’s the larger than life, cartoon style shoppers, who spend all day spending money and never thinking about their actual purchases, or the woman who has 30 too many pairs of shoes, or the guy who buys a new car every 6 months. There’s…
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