I was quite amused earlier this week when I got an email from a reader telling me that I had “the worst personal finance blog in the world“. It’s encouraging to see such an incredibly hyperbolic statement being made, and I’m proud that I can engender such extreme feelings, be they good or bad. If [...]
I’m a bit of a cushy traveler. Not in terms of the places I go- with the notable exception of Fort McMurray I’ll go just about anywhere. But when I’m there, I’m always willing to pay more for a bit of extra comfort and privacy. Call me prissy and un-frugal (correct on both counts), but [...]
All grown-ups know about the importance of estate planning. Even if we don’t always heed the good advice, we know that we need a will, life insurance, and an estate plan, and we know what we need to do to ensure that our money and property is distributed efficiently and in accordance with our wishes. [...]
One of the keys to happiness is to live in a place you love, or at the very least, not live in a place you hate for 5-6 months of the year. Yet every winter I am astounded at the number of people who seem to truly despise the season. I submit without comment my [...]
This is the time of year when we start to see full blitz media campaigns from banks and financial planners urging Canadians to contribute to their registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs). Unfortunately, they don’t tend to do a great job of explaining what RRSPs are or why you should consider them, beyond veiled references to [...]