Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 02:00 AM PDT

Budgeting

Kevin at Financially Poor presents Are You Eating Away At Your Budget?

Career

John at Passive Family Income presents 5 Ways Your Job Can KILL You, saying “Are you overworked in your current job? I know that I am. Just last week I put in over 72 hours earning my active income. While that is not the normal work week, I still typically average at least 60 hours each week.”

Debt and Credit

Craig at Free From Broke presents Credit Report Versus Credit Score, saying “Many get a credit report and a credit score confused. Here the difference between them and why they are important.”

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents Four Reasons Why YOU Are Broke, saying “A few reasons why you could be broke right now.”

Frugality

PT at PT Money presents 5 Car Tire Care Tips, saying “Tips to make your car tires last longer.”

Boomer at Boomer & Echo presents Hobbies Are Expensive, saying “I'm not saying there's anything wrong with having a hobby. They can be relaxing and a great way to get together with like-minded friends, but many times the dream is a lot better than the reality.”

Craig Ford at Money Help For Christians presents Holiday Gift Card Guide, saying “A useful guide that helps readers find the best price on gift cards.”

Investing

Natalie MacLellan at Before You Invest presents US brokerage firms in Canada: Clearing up the confusion, saying “US securities firm Wells Fargo has decided to stop offering brokerage accounts in Canada, as of September 28, 2010, citing "new" restrictions under Canadian law. I attempt to clarify what has and has not changed. The key point is that whether US brokerage firms choose to operate in Canada is a business decision, based on weighing the costs of registering with the profit to be gained. There is no new law that restricts this.”

Mike at Do Not Wait presents Where Will Your Retirement Income Come From?, saying “A question that needs to be considered as you plan for your retirement.”

Mich at BeatingTheIndex presents Will plug-in electric cars impact oil demand?, saying “Taking a closer look at what might the impact of plug-in electric cars be on oil demand in the next 10 years.”

young and thrifty at Young and Thrifty presents The Dangers of Forex Investing, saying “A post on the dangers of Forex Investing with an explanation on what Forex Trading entails and qualities of Forex that make it dangerous for your wallet.”

Miss T at Prairie Eco-Thrifter presents Financial Lessons From Training for A Marathon Part 4, saying “This segments talks about how to get into the flow of saving, budgeting, and living green.”

Saving

Lina Zussino at Mortgage Alerts Canada presents 7 Lucky Character Traits of the Financially Fit, saying “Even if you manage to cover your day to day expenses or as it's know living paycheque to paycheque, I think there are some very basic characteristics of of debt free people. I do however think "it's not about how much money you make but what you do with it." That being said, I believe financial fitness can be achieved no matter how much you make. What are the differences of people that become financially fit verse those that don't – regardless of their income?”

Glass Is Half at The Mouse Trap presents How to make the lesson sink?, saying “Teaching your children how to budget and save money. Ideas hints and tips on educating your children so that they grow up wise to the traps and pitfalls of the credit card demon!”

Invest It Wisely at Invest It Wisely presents 7 Wealth Building Strategies, saying “This post contains seven lessons learned from reading “The Richest Man in Babylon”, by George Samuel Clason.”

Taxes

A.Rajah at Canadian Accountant Tips presents Capital loss , saying “The post is about how to report capital loss in your income tax return. It described with an example”