by Vanessa Santilli | Financial Planning
Although many Canadians know the importance of planning ahead for their financial future, too few take the initiative to make it happen. Since they interact with the Canadian public every day, the Financial Planning Standards Council asked Certified Financial Planners...
by Marlene Alexander | Financial Planning, Frugality, Savings
Furniture is one of the bigger purchases we make for our homes. We don’t buy it often because of the cost involved but, if you’re tired of your furniture or in need of something for a particular area and don’t have a lot of money to shell out, there...
by Marlene Alexander | Financial Planning, General Finance, Real Estate, Savings
My husband and I just finished moving from a house we’d lived in for 26 years. It took a move to really drive home the fact that we had collected too much stuff over the years, much of it junk. For weeks before the move, we dropped off loads of stuff at Good Will, put...
by Dave Scott | Financial Planning, Savings
I was speaking with a friend of mine recently about how investment opportunities come and go, how they literally do a slow dance right under our noses but we fail to recognize them until it’s too late. In fact, almost every investment opportunity seems that way with...
by Guest | Financial Planning, General Finance, Real Estate
Now is a great time to buy a house—interest rates are at all time lows, and house prices have fallen significantly. In some markets you can get a house at 2005 prices with 2012 interest rates, which makes now a special time in the housing market. But you do have to be...
by Miranda | Financial Planning, Savings
One of the things we see a lot in the world of finances is the recommendation to focus on the small things. It’s about pinching pennies in a lot of cases. David Bach’s “Latte Factor” is one of the strategies that people look to in order to save...