Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST

Check back here on Wednesday for a special anniversary post with a look back at the past 2 years of Canadian Finance Blog, plus some great giveaways!

Budgeting

N.W. Journey at Net Worth Journey presents Understanding Your Financial Values, saying “Your financial values affect how you spend your money.”

vh at Funny about Money presents Ten Ways to Deal with Bag Lady Syndrome, saying “Strategies to address the angst commonly felt by women — and often by men, too — about whether we will face poverty in our “golden” years.”

Career

Philip Taylor at PT Money presents How to Change Careers, saying “Changing careers in this economy can be difficult. PT Money outlines some great tips for making yourself more attractive to a new employer.”

Debt and Credit

Janet at Credit, Eh presents Engage Brain Before Engaging Credit Card, saying “Before mindlessly pulling out the credit card, it is a good idea to stop and think.”

Boomer at Boomer & Echo presents Credit Bureau Reports, saying “Have you checked out a copy of your credit report lately? It's a good idea to review it from time to time (even once a year) with the prevalence of identity theft, but even to just check for errors.”

Frugality

Craig Ford at Money Help For Christians presents How to Save Money on Your Grocery Bill, saying “Save money on groceries.”

Jeri Ford at Help Me Travel Cheap presents 27 Websites to Visit Before You Book Your Next Vacation, saying “Save money on vacation with these websites.”

Steve Zussino at Grocery Alerts Canada presents Interview with Sarah Deveau – Money Smart Mom, saying “I am excited to post this interview with an amazing money smart mom, Sarah Deveau! Here is the result of the interview where we got to see what it was like to shop for a household of 5 people.”

Investing

Darwin at Darwin’s Money presents Efficient-Market Hypothesis – Are You a Believer?, saying “There’s a long-held belief in “Market Efficiency” which renders stock-picking, timing, and any individual decision-making as useless. Are you a believer? Check out these real-life examples and contradictions and weigh in.”

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents The Ultimate Objective for your passive income portfolio, saying “Planning your perfect passive income portfolio.”

Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog presents 15 Things I Look at Before Trading a Stock, saying “What to look at before trading.”

Mike at Do Not Wait presents Investment Decisions – Q&A, saying “Answering some of your important investing questions.”

Mike at Experiglot presents Moving Average Trading, saying “A glance at moving average trading from someone in the financial field.”

Arjun Rudra at Investing Thesis presents How To Adapt Your Investing Approach To Changing Market Cycles With Eden Rahim, Portfolio Manager at Jov Investment Inc., saying “Highlighting the importance of adapting your investing approach to changing market cycles with Eden Rahim, Portfolio Manager at Jov Investment Inc.”

The Passive Income Earner at The Passive Income Earner presents Dividend Yield: Scotia Bank (TSE:BNS), saying “Scotia Bank made a remarkable recovery since early 2009. It traded as low as 25$ and is now trading at 56$. What does it have to offer you ask? Have a look at my analysis.”

Mich at BeatingTheIndex presents Why High Oil Prices are Good, saying “How high oil prices are good because they ensure future supply as global demand growth accelerates.”

Online Income

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents Costs of Running My Online Business, saying “The amount of money that I spend to run my online business.”

Jim Yih at Advisor Think Box presents SEO tips for your website, saying “The key is to find some key strategies and SEO tips among the thousands that are out there. Here's my attempt to help you simplify SEO.”

Real Estate

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents The 5 Steps to Buy a House Soon, saying “How to plan for your home purchase.”

Financial Uproar at Financial Uproar presents Mortgage Basics: The Application Process, saying “Part 1 of my 10 part series about mortgages for Canadians. This week’s edition focus on the application process.”

Retirement

Grant Hicks at Retire Happy Blog presents Be careful of high income risks, saying “Some retirees are not aware of all of their opportunities for a regular fixed income or they misunderstand the income investments they already own.”

Saving

Craig at Free From Broke presents The 8 Least-Evil Banks as Determined by CNNMoney, saying “Here are eight (nine really) banks that CNN Money determined to be the “least evil” due to their low or no fees. See also my addition to the list.”

Group Benefits Guy at Group Benefits Online presents Anyone can save with the right incentive, opportunity and information, saying “Do you want to save more money? Are you a saver or a spender? Did you know that anyone can save more?”