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Addressing privilege in personal finances

I have previously written about the element of privilege when it comes to FIRE, i.e. Financial Independence Retire Early.

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Don’t trade on the news: coronavirus & your money

The last couple of weeks have been turbulent market-wise. Fears of the coronavirus and its impact on the Chinese economy … More

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Return since inception vs. yearly return

I recently received my December statement for both my RRSP and TFSA portfolio. This portfolio is for retirement purposes only, … More

Opportunity cost

If you are a reader of the blog, you know I decided to obtain an MBA. I have been studying … More

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When to sell your stocks

I sold some stocks recently. Not only I didn’t loose any money, but I actually made some.

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High-Interest Savings Accounts and GICs in Canada

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

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10 Financial killers

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

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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

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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.

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Book review: Stock Investing for Canadian for Dummies

My first introduction to investing was horrendous, to say the least.

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