Earlier this week, the amount Canadians can stash away each year in their tax-free savings account (TFSA) increased by $500.  Starting January 1, 2013, the federal government now allows us to contribute $5,500 in our TFSA each calendar year.  You…

Headlining the Weekend Reading roundup is Canada’s Frugal Couple, Steve and Linda Zussino who launched a free ebook this week to help Canadians save and make better use of their money.   The free ebook is entitled Top 100 Websites for…

Leading off the best from the blogosphere this week, Boomer & Echo told us about the best no fee cash back credit cards in Canada.  My favourite is the MBNA Smart Cash MasterCard.  As Boomer & Echo nicely stated “with this…

With the fall season upon us, I’ve been thinking it’s a good time to review my financial plan and objectives for 2012 as this year heads into the homestretch.  I’ll be working on that over the next few weeks and…

Earlier this week I learned Balance Junkie is calling it quits.  Balance Junkie will continue on with other bloggers providing site content but I will miss Kim’s frank and passionate views about personal finance and the financial industry in general. …

It was a good week folks and it’s shaping up to be a great weekend.  I got my laptop back on Tuesday, they fixed my LCD screen and it works as good as new.  Work was busy this week but I…