Weekend Links – Family Day Edition

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 [...]

Money Rules

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 [...]

Portfolio Update – January 2013

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 [...]

Weekend Links – CNY edition!

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 [...]

January Spending Plan Results

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 [...]

Weekend Links – February 1 Edition

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 [...]

Financial Advisors 101: Get the Inside Scoop!

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 [...]

Tried-and-True Methods for Saving on Your Utility Bill

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 [...]