How to plow through $10 million
How to plow through $10 million A few weeks ago, I read about a sad financial story in The Star. After winning $10.5 million nine years ago thanks to a winning Lotto Super 7 ticket, Sharon Tirabassi is now almost…
Month: March 2013
Weekend Reading – NCAA picks, Easter bunnies, Ellen milestones and great blogs
My NCAA Tournament bracket started off nice and strong last weekend but it quickly collapsed thanks to an upset win by Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). These juggernauts from the South knocked off second seed Georgetown in the first round…
Family Finance Retirement Readiness Sanity Check
Before I get into my small rant, I must express I enjoy the Family Finance articles in the Financial Post. I read them every week and do so because I enjoy learning about the financial challenges Canadians have and the…
Options for Real Estate Investment in Canada
The following is a guest post by Ratehouse.ca – Home of Canada’s Best Rates. The global financial crisis has caused a significant decline in almost all industries. However, if you’re in Canada and your interest lies in real estate,…
Six things you should never do when you have a credit card
Six things you should never do when you have a credit card Credit cards can be hugely useful but when not used wisely can be a disaster. Here are six things you should never do to optimize your spending: 1.…
Three Steps to Plan Your Portfolio
Three steps to plan your portfolio “Investing is simple, but not easy.” – Warren Buffett All too often, because we’re all human and flawed creatures, we take the simple and make it unnecessarily complicated all too quickly. For today’s…
Weekend Reading – Budgets, austerity, restructuring and blogs
Image courtesy of cbc.ca – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. Our government’s 433-page fiscal budget was delivered today, focusing on skills training, infrastructure and closer to home, helping Ontario’s manufacturing sector. Without getting into a major debate on this subject, overall,…
More Money for Beer and Textbooks – Book Review and Giveaway!
“Almost every self-help book we have ever forced ourselves to read has been terribly dry and boring. We did our best to ensure that More Money for Beer and Textbooks didn’t turn out that way.” -Kyle Prevost and Justin Bouchard,…
Three Investing Enemies
Three investing enemies “The investor’s chief problem – and even his worst enemy – is likely to be himself.” -Benjamin Graham, Value Investor, Mentor to Warren Buffett Contrary to what many institutions might have you believe, investing in sub-par performing…
Point of Purchase Code Giveaway – H&R Block Canada Online Tax Program
Thanks to my friends at H&R Block Canada I’ve got one more point of purchase code to giveaway for their online tax program this year. I’ve already given away one code here and another one here, so this is your last chance…