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Debt is another four-letter word for most of us

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Mark | 32 Comments

A while back on this site I wrote about my distaste for debt. For example, our bank owns close to half our home. Sure, there is “good debt” such as borrowing money for an appreciating asset (like a house) but…

Fools with tools – credit cards

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Mark | 45 Comments

Fools with tools – credit cards Are you a fool with a tool? Do you own a credit card? A blogger recently posted an article about things to never put on credit cards and suggested you’re a fool for doing…

Weekend Reading – Myers-Briggs blogger profiles, rich NFL athletes, F-words and more

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Mark | 10 Comments

Welcome to some Weekend Reading friends. With just over a month before the holidays my thoughts have started to turn towards holiday shopping for the family. I haven’t hit the stores yet but I need to do so soon. We…

Major Money Mistakes

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Mark | 13 Comments

As part of my weekend reading recently, I found this article by Gail Vaz-Oxlade about 9 money mistakes. I thought I would take Gail’s quiz and here are my results. Carrying a balance on credit cards or on a line…

Weekend Reading – Boomers, OSC, America’s lack of savings, maxed out and more

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Mark | 11 Comments

Welcome to some of the finest personal finance and investing articles from the blogosphere. This week I shared a few of my big fat investing mistakes. If you share your own mistakes you can enter to win a one-year investing…

October 2015 Dividend Income Update

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Mark | 7 Comments

Welcome to my latest dividend income update. For those of you new to these posts on my site, every month I discuss my approach to investing focusing on dividend paying stocks and how reinvesting the dividends paid from the Canadian…

Share your big fat investing mistakes

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Mark | 52 Comments

Share your big fat investing mistakes I’ve written this before on my site but it’s worth repeating: you usually don’t succeed in life without falling down flat on your face a few times. I recall Winston Churchill coined this phrase:…

Weekend Reading – Housing corrections, tax loss, fears and simplicity

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Mark | 25 Comments

Welcome to the weekend and some of the best personal finance and investing articles from the blogosphere for your reading enjoyment. I can’t wait for the weekend myself. I have a bunch of work to do but on Saturday afternoon…

Please keep requests creative and genuine

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Mark | 19 Comments

I enjoy running this site, and it’s had some small success over the last few years. Hopefully that continues… On that note I’m more than happy to accept and publish articles from bloggers, writers, and the financial industry here on…