Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 06 Feb 2011 02:00 AM PST

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Budgeting

Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents Calculate your net worth, saying “Knowing your net worth is a very important aspect of personal finance. How can you know if you are getting ahead financially if you have no way to track or measure your wealth?”

Business

Jim at Advisor Think Box presents Developing your value proposition, saying “I'm not sure any business can take it to the next level without really thinking about their value proposition.”

Debt and Credit

Boomer at Boomer & Echo presents Credit Report Scoring, saying “Although by law everyone is allowed a free copy of their credit report once a year from Equifax.ca or TransUnion.ca, unfortunately these companies charge extra to get the credit score.”

Frugality

Neal Frankle at Wealth Pilgrim presents 7 Steps To Get Cheap Car Insurance For Women, saying “Auto insurance companies are sexist and if you're a women, you should be happy about it.”

Steve Zussino at Grocery Alerts Canada presents Interview with FrugalTrader – Behind MillionDollarJourney.com, saying “We are excited to interview one of the top personal finance bloggers in Canada, FrugalTrader. He runs one of the most popular personal finance websites in Canada – Million Dollar Journey. He has have built an equity portfolio that has been growing gradually over the years.”

Investing

Group Benefits Guy at Group Benefits Online presents What Financial Planning is NOT, saying “Despite the fact there is no shortage of information about what financial planning is or should be, many people are still confused about Financial Planning.”

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents You would be crazy to own Yahoo (YHOO) stock…, saying “Some of the negatives of Yahoo’s stock.”

Arjun Rudra at Investing Thesis presents On A Quest To Turn $3000 Into $100000 With Trader Mark Li, DMS, saying “An interview with a equity and currency trader attempting to turn $3000 Into $100000.”

Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog presents ScotiaBank BNS Dividend Stock Analysis, saying “My look at a popular stock and it’s dividend offering.”

md at Studenomics presents How I Save Money With Online Banking, saying “A look at the ways I save my money though banking on the internet.”

Online Income

John at Passive Family Income presents Niche Website Challenge – Write 75,000 Words in 75 Days, saying “I love a good challenge. Just recently I launched a new HubPages Challenge where I plan to write 200 new Hubs in 2011. By writing 17 Hubs per month for the entire year, I expect to build a $100 per month recurring income stream. I have already surpassed the $40 per month threshold from this income source and expect to hit $100 well before the end of the year.”

Real Estate

Neal Frankle at Wealth Pilgrim presents How A Mortgage Works, saying “If you are just about ready to buy your first home you might have a lot of anxiety. I understand that. Buying a home is a big commitment and it can be frightening….especially if you don't know how a mortgage works. “

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents First House Related Expenses, saying “Costs that will come with your new home.”

Saving

Craig Brokowski at Free From Broke presents Do You Know How You Will Pay for College?, saying “Understand that there are options to help you pay for college. What’s important is to know these options and start on them ASAP!”

Taxes

Jaymus at RealizedReturns presents The Smith Maneuver – a tax strategy every Canadian should know about, saying “The Smith Maneuver is a little scheme that Canadians can use to 'Americanize' their mortgages – that is, make their mortgage interest tax deductible. This article provides a high-level introduction to the in’s and out’s of doing it.”

Other

Sustainable PF at Sustainable Personal Finance presents Sustainability Tip #30: Shop at you Local Farmers Market, saying “The primary value we derive from shopping at the farmers market comes from engaging our community and financially supporting local business people who spend their earnings in our community. Most importantly our food is produced and delivered locally which greatly reduces the carbon "miles" our food travels from farm to table.”

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents Crush It! vs The 4-Hour Workweek– The Main Differences, saying “A look at the main messages from my favorite books.”

Miss T at Prairie Eco-Thrifter presents How to Get Rid of Cellulite for Free.

Janet at Credit, Eh presents 7 Cool Credit Card Designs You Want in Your Wallet, saying “A fun post looking at some of the cool credit card designs out there.”

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Blog presents CRTC Proves Monopolies are Good, saying “With the CRTC forcing all service providers enforce UBB, it proves that there is nothing more loved in Canada than a Telecommunications monopoly.”