Alternatives to big cable companies in BC

Not so long ago, in the Lower Mainland – and I am sure it applies to the rest of BC as well-, people basically had 2 options when it came to cable, Internet and home phone services

High-Interest Savings Accounts and GICs in Canada

It is notorious Canadian banks and credit unions alike pay peanuts on savings accounts.

When Financial literacy is not enough

A lot is being written about Financial literacy.

10 Financial killers

In my previous post, I shared how F.I.R.E. has an element of privilege to it.

F.I.R.E. explained and debunked

F.I.R.E. is a very popular acronym is the Personal Finance blogosphere. It stands for Financially Independent Retire Early. Over … More

The importance of the emergency fund

I have heard a lot of names for the Emergency fund: Back-up fund, F-U fund, Opportunity fund, Rainy-Day fund…whatever you want to call it, it is just semantics.

Time-weighted vs. Money-weighted rate of return

With the implementation of CRM2, Canadian banks, investments brokers, mutual funds dealers and other financial entities must disclose the method used to calculate the rate of return of a portfolio or investments like an ETF or a mutual fund.