Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST

Here in Edmonton, it’s been snowing practically non-stop since Friday evening… should be done around Sunday morning. That’s left us with a massive amount of snow, lots of vehicles in the ditch and me shovelling multiple times a day.

So I’ll be staying safely at home all day Sunday, hoping that the roads get cleared soon and occasionally popping outside to do more shovelling!

Budgeting

Kay Lynn Akers at Bucksome Boomer presents Resolutionize Your Finances: Budgeting, saying “If you made a resolution to get your finances in order or just need a little help, the first step is budgeting.”

Career

Jaymus at RealizedReturns presents The biggest resume mistake job-hunters make, saying “After hiring countless young professionals, I share the biggest mistake I see people making with their resumes. Be sure to read, as it is probably something you are doing yourself.”

Credit and Debt

Janet at Credit, Eh presents New Years Resolution – Manage My Credit Cards Better, saying “It’s a new year, and you can resolve to keep your credit under control by including your credit cards in your budget.”

Economy

Darwin at Darwin’s Money presents Elasticity of Demand Explained, saying “Check out MBA Mondays at Darwin’s to learn about the elasticity of demand, why it matters to you and arm yourself with this knowledge as a consumer.”

Frugality

Jeri Ford at Help Me Travel Cheap presents Smart Ways To Save Money On Airline Tickets, saying “Learn how to save money on plane tickets.”

Investing

Mark Crowley at Financiallyou presents What’s your return, saying “I just read another article about returns. I don't understand why everyone out there is constantly summarizing different ways to calculate returns when there is only one way that matters to you as an investor. While it is important to understand how other returns are calculated the average investor really only cares about their own returns. To summarize, there are basically 3 ways to calculate returns.”

Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog presents 3 Questions To Help You Sell Your Stocks, saying “A must-read post for anyone looking to sell stocks in the near future.”

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents Top 2011 Commodity ETF's, saying “We look at the most popular commodity ETF’s from the past year.”

Boomer at Boomer & Echo presents Start Where You Are, saying “Every year, sometime in January, I calculate my Personal Net Worth.”

Financial Uproar at Financial Uproar presents Dogs of the TSX, saying “Investing in the Dogs of the Dow was a popular investing strategy in the early 2000s. Could a Canadian investor do the same using the TSX and beat the market?”

Mike at Experiglot presents Finance Your MBA – How to Get it For Free, saying “How you can earn your MBA for free.”

Craig Ford at Money Help For Christians presents 6 Homemade Cleaning Products, saying “6 homemade cleaning products that use simple ingredients.”

The Investment Blogger at The Investment Blog presents 2010 Year-End Market Summary, saying “A year-end summary of the US and Canadian markets (S&P500 and TSX composite indices), as well global markets, and major events that have impacted them.”

The Passive Income Earner at The Passive Income Earner presents Dividend Yield: Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY, NYSE:RY), saying “A look into Royal Bank as a dividend growth investment. The decline of its stock price during 2010 may provide a buy opportunity in 2011 with a good dividend yield.”

Jim Yih at Advisor Think Box presents Principles of a Financial Advisor, saying “In everything we do in life, we can develop principle to guide our behaviour and our life. In the investment business, I have developed some principles that I live by and I would like to share these with you.”

Real Estate

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents How Much Money Do I Need for a House Down Payment?, saying “How much money do you plan on saving for your home downpayment?”

Retirement

Mike at Do Not Wait presents Reduce Your Debt Level to Save for Retirement, saying “How reducing your debt levels can improve your retirement planning.”

Other

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents Best Stock Picks 2011 Contest, saying “Time to check out the 2011 stock picks contest.”

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Site presents Money Makes us ALL Crazy, saying “An incident with the latest Lotto-Max winning group suggests the importance of up to date Financial Documentation!”

md at Studenomics presents Vagabonding 101: Everything You Need to Know to Travel the World, saying “A 2,000 plus word post on the art of long term travel.”

Darren Smith at Group Benefits Online presents Three common mistakes employers make with benefit plans, saying “Here’s a look at common mistakes employers make with group benefit plans.”