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There is no need to save. I have credit. I have a pension. Wrong.

There is no need to save. I have credit. I have a pension. Wrong.

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Mark | 26 Comments

I write about the virtues of saving (for retirement, for your emergency fund) or even saving for something you want, like a vacation. I believe you should generally try and save up for things in advance. The very use of…

Q&A with Ken Kivenko – Canadian investor advocacy in action

Q&A with Ken Kivenko – Canadian investor advocacy in action

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Mark | 5 Comments

There are distinctions between financial planning and financial advice – unfortunately for many Canadians the lines have been blurred for far too long and most investors don’t know the difference. The extent of our financial education requirements (in order to…

Frugality, Saving, Investing, Blogging and More #CPFC16 Recap

Frugality, Saving, Investing, Blogging and More #CPFC16 Recap

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Mark | 9 Comments

I recently attended the Canadian Personal Finance Conference (CPFC16) in Toronto with a bunch of personal finance and investing enthusiasts, passionate money media experts, authors, web designers, and other people fully geeked-out about money management. It was great to reconnect…

Weekend Reading – Black Friday deals, money tips, building a portfolio and #moneystuff

Weekend Reading – Black Friday deals, money tips, building a portfolio and #moneystuff

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Mark | 9 Comments

Welcome to a new Weekend Reading edition friends – back after a short hiatus last week while I attended the Canadian Personal Finance Conference in Toronto. I’ll have a post to recap some of my takeaways from that conference in…

What is Simply Investing?

What is Simply Investing?

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Mark | 2 Comments

I’ve been a big fan of dividend investing for many years. I know other bloggers feel the same. Some bloggers follow a similar investing recipe I do – they own many Canadian dividend paying stocks for income and a few…

How I will invest with Trump in office

How I will invest with Trump in office

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Mark | 26 Comments

Oh boy. I didn’t think it would ever come to this. Apparently U.S. voters are more fed up with “the establishment” than I thought – they’d rather have a reality TV star *cough* run their country. Welcome to the White…

Reader Question – Help for retirement on a low income

Reader Question – Help for retirement on a low income

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Mark | 19 Comments

All things considered, the more money you make, the more money you can likely save for retirement. Some people can save but don’t. Some people want to save but can’t for a variety of reasons. If you’re earning a low…

What are your investing goals?

What are your investing goals?

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Mark | 13 Comments

Our investing goals are rather simple: to use dividend income generated from our portfolio to cover most of life’s basic expenses. With that statement you might be wondering what I consider basic expenses… Here’s a list of expenses that our…

Weekend Reading – #RemembranceDay edition, mindful budgeting, #money realities and more

Weekend Reading – #RemembranceDay edition, mindful budgeting, #money realities and more

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Mark | 11 Comments

Welcome to a Remembrance Day edition of Weekend Reading. Here were my posts over the last week: October 2016 Dividend Income Update. I encourage you to take some time this weekend to remember those who fought for all the freedoms…

October 2016 Dividend Income Update

October 2016 Dividend Income Update

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Mark | 6 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. These posts remind you about the power of reinvested…