Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 02:00 AM PST

Thanks for all the great submissions!

Budgeting

N.W. Journey at NetWorth Journey presents How To Manage Your Money, saying “By managing your money you can drastically improve your financial situation.”

md at Studenomics presents How-to Financially Survive The Holiday Shopping Season, saying “A look at how to survive this holiday season financially. “

Career

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents From $18,403 to $124,514 In A Single Year!, saying “A story of how one can exponentially grow a business from the ground up.”

Debt and Credit

Miss T at Prairie Eco-Thrifter presents Personal Values and Your Future Success, saying “Our values are what motivate us and give us our passion. They directly impact our financial success.”

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents Should You Go on Vacation When You're in Debt?, saying “A look at the idea of traveling when you’re in debt.”

Janet at Credit Cards Canada presents Credit Card Delinquencies in Canada, U.S. Fall, saying “Credit card delinquencies in Canada fell in Quarter 3 of 2010, indicating that more Canadians are able to manage their debt better, and that they are starting to move out of recession mode.”

Economy

Darwin at Darwin’s Money presents How Inflation Impacts the Poor the Most, saying “With much of the world awash in cash, it’s worthwhile considering what the impact of inflation is on the poor – and why many in the developed world are actually ROOTING for inflation.”

Frugality

Sustainable PF at Sustainable Personal Finance presents Don't lighten your wallet with inefficient bulbs, saying “When it comes to electricity usage we recognize there are many ways to reduce our bills and keep our money in our pockets while acting green. Upgrade your lightbulbs!”

Craig Ford at Money Help For Christians presents The Best Way to Exchange Foreign Currency, saying “Get the best deal when exchanging foreign currency on your next vacation.”

Jeri Ford at Help Me Travel Cheap presents Hotwire Hotels | Tips and Tricks for Booking a Discounted Hotwire Hotel, saying “Tips for saving even more money when you book hotels at Hotwire.”

Investing

Arjun Rudra at Investing Thesis presents Buy, Sell of Hold Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM:TSX) with Bruce Campbell of Campbell & Lee Investment Management, saying “Making the bull case for CIBC with Bruce Campbell of Campbell & Lee Investment Management”

Invest It Wisely at Invest It Wisely presents 3 Unconventional Investment Moves to Make in 2011, saying “What are three contrarian investment moves to make in 2011? This article takes a look.”

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents What Wikileaks Can Teach Us About Privacy, saying “A look at what Wikileaks can teach us about privacy.”

Mike at Dividend Guy Blog presents SRI ? Socially Responsible Investing or Investing to Make Money: Are Both Possible?, saying “Can a socially responsible investor make money?”

Pat at Do Not Wait presents Is Borring At Retirement a Good Idea?, saying “Our thoughts on borrowing in retirement.”

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Blog presents Gifts You Shouldn’t EVER Get Your Kids, saying “A festive romp through some ideas for gifts that you should simply forget about, this coming Christmas season.”

Real Estate

Benjamin at GarbageFilter presents Being old is for old people!, saying “I talk about ageism in real estate and investing, and how to deal with it using humor.”

Saving

John at Passive Family Income presents Christmas Lights – How long to keep them on?, saying “One of the things that our family looks forward to every year is decorating for the holidays. Before we had children, we were some of those crazy people who put up their Christmas decorations the day after Halloween. I look back at that now and think that may have been a little extreme.”

Other

Jim Yih at WealthWebGurus presents Do Financial Decisions Get Better With Age?, saying “Sound financial decisions increase as you get older and peaks in your 50′s. After that, it plateaus and then starts to fall off in your 70′s and 80′s. Basically middle age people make fewer financial mistakes than both younger and older adults. “