Pay Your Debts or Invest Your Money — The Age-Old Question
One of the many not-fun things about having a limited pool of funds is deciding what exactly you should do with your...
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Going Somewhere? How to Save for that trip to Fiji. Or Rome.
When working on our family budgets and financial plans, we often focus on the most important items: paying the mortgage...
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Marriage & Money: Should You and Your Partner Share a Bank Account?
When we have thoughts of love and romance, we rarely think about money. What’s romantic about joint budgeting and...
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Benefits of Using a Mortgage Broker
Buying a home is generally the biggest expense any of us will have. Because you will be paying it off for years, you...
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A Parent's Guide to Calculating Assets (Guest Submission)
After losing her husband Greg, Sara Bailey created TheWidow.net to support her fellow widows and widowers. She is also...
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Who Deserves Your Money: Bank or Credit Union?
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a bank and a credit union? And is one a better choice for your...
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How to Avoid Those Pesky Bank Fees
We often talk about big ways to invest and save your hard-earned money, but there are other, smaller, things you can do...
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What Wins the Retirement Savings Battle: TFSAs or RSPs?
One debate that seems to come up over and over again in retirement savings discussions is which is the better investment...
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When Should You Start Taking Your CPP?
If you are getting close to retirement age, you might be thinking about your Canada Pension Plan (CPP). You’ve been...
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Going…Going…Gone? Is This Your Last Chance for Long-Term Care Insurance?
We’ve talked before about the importance of planning for health care costs in your senior years. Home care and long-term...
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How Tax Changes to Life Insurance Policies Might Affect Your Savings
New legislation came into effect in 2017 regarding life insurance policies. The last major legislative change was in...
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How Will You Be Affected By Rising Interest Rates?
In July, The Bank of Canada raised its overnight lending rate for the first time in seven years, and there is the...
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