Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 02:00 AM PST

Welcome to the 10th edition of the Canadian Finance Carnival. Over the ten weeks we’ve been averaging around 20 submissions a week, so thanks to everyone that has shared their articles with the Canadian Finance Blog readers!

Budgeting

Miss T at Prairie EcoThrifter presents Manifest More Money Into Your Life- Step 4, saying “If you sit down and take the time to evaluate, you almost always can make an adjustment that will save you money. “

Debt and Credit

Jim Yih at WealthWebGurus presents Is Record Debt Levels such a bad thing?, saying “Globe article says RECORD DEBT LEVELS might not be as big a problem given that Canadians wealth is higher according to a report by Scotia Bank Economist. I’ve written extensively about good debt and bad debt but no matter how good the debt can be, too much debt is never a good thing. My concern with the article from the Globe is it can give people a false sense of security so I thought I would address a few key comments in the article.”

Janet at Credit Cards Canada Blog presents Maximize Holiday Shopping with Rewards Credit Cards.

Economy

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Blog presents That is One BIG Mortgage, saying “Canadians hold over a trillion dollars in Mortgage debt now, holy cow!”

Frugality

A.Rajah at Canadian Accountant Tips presents Double Savings – Use Coupons On Sale, saying “The post is about saving money by using coupons during sale. The post also lists ways to find sales and coupons.”

Investing

Mike Piper at Oblivious Investor presents Buying Fixed Immediate Annuities, saying “Tips on shopping for a fixed immediate annuity for investors in or nearing retirement.”

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents Know When To Sell Your Investments, saying “Advice to know when it’s time to get out of your investments.”

Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog presents Best Canadian Dividend Stocks, saying “A look at the current best Canadian dividend stocks.”

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents Why I love trading, saying “A look at why I love trading.”

Pat at Do Not Wait presents Take Responsibility for Your Investment Returns, saying “Nobody will ever care about your investments as much as you should.”

Arjun Rudra at Investing Thesis presents Book Review & Interview with Jonathan Spall of How to Profit in Gold, saying “Book Review & Interview with Jonathan Spall of How to Profit in Gold”

Echo at Boomer & Echo presents Yield on Cost, saying “My investment strategy is to buy dividend paying stocks when they are value priced and then hold them to collect growing dividends.”

md at Studenomics presents Is Student Debt Good Debt?, saying “A look at if student debt can be viewed as positive.”

Craig at Free From Broke presents Portfolio Rebalancing – Keep Your Asset Goals In Line, saying “Re-balancing your portfolio is important maintenance to make sure your investment goals are being kept.”

Other

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents Lifestyle Inflation Infection, saying “A look at how we can be guilty of spending too much money.”

John at Passive Family Income presents How to Make Even MORE Money Using Swag Bucks, saying “There are plenty of ways to make money using swag bucks. From using their search engine to find content on the web to trading in your electronic devices, their are plenty of easy opportunities to build up points. These points, or swag bucks can eventually be redeemed for gift cards for places like Amazon.com or PayPal, as well as other prizes.”