15 Feb 2013 7 Comments
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Can’t believe its half way through the month already. For those who get to enjoy the long weekend this week, make sure you spend some quality time with your family! These are the posts I enjoyed this week: 1. Mr. CBB had a post about “Dumpster Diving [...]
by Vicky in Personal Finance, Weekend Links
14 Feb 2013 15 Comments
I have always been a huge fan of Gail Vaz-Oxlade, and enjoy her no-nonsense approach to money management on her show, Till Debt Do Us Part. Her latest book, Money Rules, just came out (yeah, a book review that is not over a year old!) and she is currently on her book tour. The book [...]
by Vicky in Favourite products, Personal Finance, Recommended Readings
12 Feb 2013 13 Comments
The market rally since the beginning of the year has been great for my overall portfolio value, but a bit crappy because I want to make some purchases. I know, I know, I shouldn’t be timing the market. I transferred a chunk of my savings over into my investment account for my TFSA contribution and to increase [...]
by Vicky in Level 4: Investing, Personal Finance, Portfolio Updates
08 Feb 2013 14 Comments
Happy New Year to all those celebrating this weekend; hope the Year of the Snake brings you health and prosperity! Check out the posts I enjoyed this week: 1. Mr. CBB posted his January “Monthly Budget Update #1.” Lots of detail, some new graphs, and mortgage-free by April. He was also nominated for Top Personal [...]
by Vicky in Personal Finance, Weekend Links
05 Feb 2013 13 Comments
Anyone else watch the Superbowl? It was quite the half-time show, wasn’t it? Too bad the 49ers weren’t able to pull it off at the end! The following is my combined expected and actual household expenses for the month of January. Fixed Expenses Expected Actual Cable/TV 27 27 Phone 60 56 [...]
by Vicky in Personal Finance, Spending Plan updates
01 Feb 2013 12 Comments
I can’t believe it is February already! I don’t know where the time goes these days. I hope the weather warms up a bit this weekend as its been pretty dreary this past week. Oh, and I think there might be some football game or something this weekend. Check out the posts I enjoyed this [...]
by Vicky in Personal Finance, Weekend Links
31 Jan 2013 9 Comments
Ahhh… tis the season. RRSP season of course! I am sure many of you are getting calls from your friendly neighbourhood financial advisers wanting you to come in so you can have a chat about how your portfolio performed over the past year. The RRSP deadline is also coming up shortly, so you will want [...]
by Vicky in Investments, Level 4: Investing, Personal Finance
29 Jan 2013 18 Comments
The following is a guest post. When you’re trying to save money, you should take another look at your utility expenses. There are some tried-and-true ways to save on your utility bills, and you can use that money to pay down other bills. Take these steps to bring your utility bills down and start saving [...]
by Vicky in Personal Finance
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