All the posts since 2014 are here!
2021
- Hello Fresh review
- The case for accepting an employer’s counter offer
- How long should you keep your documents?
- How my spending has changed after a year of Covid
- When contributing to an RRSP doesn’t make sense
- Should you use a TFSA for retirement savings?
- Covid-19 a year later: what I learned
- Developing an abundance mindset
- I deferred my mortgage, now what?
- Health insurance isn’t really insurance
- What’s new this tax season
2020
- How gratitude helped me through 2020
- A Merry Covid Christmas
- More than funding, you need planning
- Switching my retirement savings to all-in-one ETFs
- CERB transition
- Alternate paths to FIRE
- Feeling bamboozled by your Realtor?
- Addressing privilege in personal finances
- Collection agency protection-updated
- Deferring your property taxes in BC
- Protecting your computer from hacking
- 200th post: reflections on 7 weeks of semi-lockdown
- CESB explained
- Lost your job? Don’t make these 3 mistakes
- CERB updated
- How I am managing my finances and coping during Covid-19
- CERB explained
- Here for you is all relative
- Coronavirus and your expenses
- Coronavirus and your income
- Coronavirus: Canadian economy edition
- Don’t trade on the news: coronavirus and your money
- Ridiculous bank offers’edition
- Return since inception vs. yearly return
2019
- My year in review
- Avoiding Christmas Financial madness
- Mindful Consumption
- PC Express review
- Book review: The 4-hour work week by Tim Ferriss
- Being consumer-debt free: one year later
- Blog Anniversary: 5 years
- The value of time
- Forgot to file your taxes, now what?
- Opportunity cost
- Handling a no-fault car accident in BC
2018
- Life update and musings
- When to sell your stocks
- Tips to ask for a raise
- Why I don’t really blog about my own finances
- Could your cosmetics be bad for you?
- My health is my most precious asset
- Handling an at-fault car accident in BC
- Can money buy happiness?
- That time I decided to work part-time
- That time I refinanced my mortgage
- Financial milestone: consumer-debt free!
- Alternatives to big cable companies in BC
- High-interest savings accounts and GICs in Canada
- When financial literacy is not enough
- 10 Financial killers
- F.I.R.E. explained and debunked
- The importance of the emergency fund
- Time-weighted vs. Money-weighted rate of return
2017
- The higher-tax bracket myth
- To combine finances or not
- My personal tips to save money
- Stress-testing your finances
- Why I don’t automate all my finances
- Annuities basics
- Book review: Stock Investing for Canadians for dummies
- Retirement-planning mistakes-part 2
- Retirement-planning mistakes-part 1
- Labor-sponsored investment funds explained
- Thoughts on the financially privileged and the not-so privileged
- The cost of dog ownership
- Curbing Summer expenses
- Valuing a stock with the Graham formula
- The dog years of compounding (in investing)
- Managing lifestyle inflation
- Buying a rental property (or not)
- Buying vs.renting
- Book review: the Wealthy renter
- No-fee banking in Canada
- Another important reason your mortgage is denied
- Book review: Pound Foolish
- The problem with personal finances blogs
- Book review: Burn your mortgage
- How I increased my savings by 850% in 4 years
- Buying a foreclosed property
- Segregated funds explained
- Choosing a Financial advisor
- Term vs. permanent life insurance
- Financial milestone: consolidation loan paid off!
- Is paying an annual credit card fee worth it?
- Consumer proposal explained
- New fee disclosure rules for Canadian investments
- Travel insurance explained
- Should you ever take a pay-cut?
- 4 phases to Financial freedom
- Buying a pre-sale property
- Fun and cheap Valentine’s Day ideas
- When and how to financially cut-off your adult children
- Suburban life ain’t cheaper
2016
- It is not just the latte (factor)
- Financial things to do in your thirties
- RRSP myths debunked
- Back to life and Financial basics
- Mortgage penalty explained
- Closing costs in real-estate
- New Canada Child Benefit explained
- Auto insurance basics in BC
- A different money style for a different lifestyle
- The costs of working
- In favor of the “starter home” concept
- Mortgage basics for the self-employed
- Why your property is not selling
- Choosing a Realtor when selling
- Retirement basics in Canada
- Building your net worth
- Condo inspection basics
- 3 tips to sell your property faster
- How being organized will save you money
- Why your business is failing
- Corporation vs. sole proprietorship
- How to take free classes via MOOC
- 100th post : the importance of volunteering
- How I fed myself for a week with $ 14.89
- Top reasons people get into debt
- Understanding a stock table
- Limitations of peer-to-peer landing
- Free or low cost exercise options
- Common tax deductions and credits for individuals
- Perceived wealth vs. actual wealth
- Condo-buying mistakes
- Choosing a reward credit card
- Being judgmental on other people’s personal finances
- Debt will always be debt
- Other Financial mistakes I made
2015
- Gratitude and personal finances
- Avoiding Christmas’ financial madness-part 2
- Employment insurance basics in Canada
- Maternity leave budgeting
- Pros and cons of group benefits
- Home-buyer plan explained
- Shifting your financial perspective
- My ways to save money
- What not to do when applying for a mortgage
- How to handle a market downturn
- Target date funds explained
- Protecting yourself from identity theft
- Strata (condo) myths debunked
- Saving on your wedding
- Understanding payday loans
- The tale of the Christmas dress or how I got into debt
- Financial mistakes I made
- Are home renovations worth it?
- Insurances your probably don’t need
- Realistic budgeting
- Unsuspecting costly habits
- After filing your tax return
- Is couponing worth it?
- Why my home is not an investment
- What I won’t do to save or pay-off debt
- Financial “rules” I like to bend or break
- Things I refuse to pay for
- From saving to investing
- Mutual funds vs. ETFs
- The case for earning more money
- Car refinancing traps
- Mortgage refinancing traps
- To tip or not
- To leverage or not
- Learning to say no: friends edition
- Landlord myths dispelled
- Thoughts on becoming self-employed
- Learning to say no: co-workers edition
- The cost of being single
- Money talk for couples
- Understanding fees in mutual funds
- Mutual funds basics
- Be your own financial advisor
- Basic tax glossary
- Large tax refunds aren’t that great
- TFSA vs. RRSP
- RRSP basics
2014
- Easy financial boosters
- TFSA basics
- Bare-bones budget
- Competing financial priorities
- Credit score basics
- Financial set-backs and debt fatigue
- The personal aspect of personal finances
- Avoiding Christmas financial madness-part 1
- Overspending triggers
- Life insurance needs and being single
- Emergency fund basics
- Tackling debt
- RESP basics
- Numbers to look-at when condo-buying
- 5 saving tips on back-to-school shopping
- Understanding your credit card(s)
- Condo insurance
- Do you need insurance?
- Bankruptcy explained
- 5 financial items to consider when home-buying
- Financing post-secondary education
- Tips to save on groceries
- Home insurance tips
- The ugly truth about government student loans
- Should you use a credit counselling service?
- The cost of eating-out
