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Weekend Reading – The pursuit of happiness, tax refunds, rational leverage and #money stuff

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Mark | 14 Comments

Weekend Reading Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition, where I share some of my favourite personal finance and investing articles from the blogosphere. Here is what I posted, in case you missed it: This boring (but important) money advice…

Ditching home ownership and becoming a millionaire instead

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Mark | 40 Comments

Ditching home ownership and becoming a millionaire instead You might already know from the recent posts on my site, I’m more interested in FIRE – which stands for Financial Independence Retire Early in the personal financial community. Here is a…

Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan – fair enough but too little too late

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Mark | 12 Comments

Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan Has the unwinding process for the Toronto real estate market finally begun? Time will tell I guess but I think it’s rather too little too late. Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan brings a list of changes. Here…

This boring money advice never goes out of style

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Mark | 17 Comments

This boring money advice never goes out of style I’ve read countless personal finance and investing books and articles. I’m sure I’ll read many more. Most books and articles all say similar things just differently – maybe you don’t need…

Weekend Reading – Done with work, $50k tax free, spending controls and #money stuff

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Mark | 14 Comments

Weekend Reading Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition, some of my favourite articles from the week that was. Let’s get to it – here are my recent posts: I profiled this financially free Aussie who retired at age 50.…

How to achieve FIRE – Early Retirement profile from Get FIRE’d asap

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Mark | 26 Comments

How to achieve FIRE You might already know from this recent post on my site I’m more curious about FIRE – which stands for Financial Independence Retire Early in the personal financial community. Tamarindo Beach, Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Over the…

Weekend Reading – Horrible retirement savings, financial overhaul, rebalancing and #money stuff

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Mark | 22 Comments

Weekend Reading Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition, listing some of my favourite personal finance and investing articles from the week that was. Unless you were living under a rock this week, United Airlines assaulted one of their passengers.…

Month: April 2017