Many families use credit cards as part of their everyday life. This shouldn’t surprise anyone, as managing your budget often requires using credit. As long as you’re paying the entire balance off by your due date, you’re essentially getting an interest-free loan. Best of all, if you have a rewards …
Stock Picks Review – 5 Defensive Canadian Stocks Purchased in 2021
So who knew!? Defensive stocks were purchased last year to protect against a potential market downturn, but the train kept chugging up the hill in our low-interest-rate environment and the equity market benefited. These are 5 Defensive Canadian Stocks I purchased in 2021, and I still own all of …
The Ontario 2022 Staycation Tax Credit
To travel or not to travel... that is the question. With COVID-19 still looming about, many of us have been reluctant to get on an airplane or do any sort of meaningful, long-distance travelling. While some of us are still fine with air travel currently, others like myself feel reluctant as I …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – MAY 15, 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of weekly reading. This week's theme includes considerations on how to position your investments for a post-pandemic life. What should you be investing in? Should you have stocks, bonds, commodities or cash? You've likely noticed that the price of goods has gone …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – MAY 9, 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of weekly reading, and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! How are we still talking about Dogecoin these days? The meme 'cryptocurrency (I"ll use that term loosely) hit prices over 70 cents and was approaching a market capitalization of $100 billion …
TOP 10 MOVIES ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET & INVESTING
It's time for more of a fun post - my Top 10 Stock Market Movies! Not only are these films thoroughly entertaining, but they're also surprisingly educational. These stock market movies span a few decades and cover everything from big classics you've undoubtedly heard of to more obscure …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – MAY 2, 2021
Welcome to the first "May" edition of weekly reading in 2021! I'm hopeful that the weather changes coincide with some changes to the coronavirus landscape as we get closer to flipping the curve in the right direction. Ontario came out with some welcome news this week (assuming things actually …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – APRIL 24, 2021
Welcome to another edition of weekly reading with a selection of articles from the personal finance and investing world. The markets were kind of up and down this week, but those are times you can really enjoy the fact you're well-diversified. Not having to worry about the daily or weekly …
Investment Musings & Why I Wish I Planted a Lemon Tree
It's a small inconvenience, but I still have the unsavoury task of having to buy lemons at the grocery store. Let me explain... A few years back, I became more enthralled with unique plant species you wouldn't usually find in our region, floral and leafy displays that would spark interest and …