Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:00 AM PDT

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Budgeting

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents How Many Weeks Can You Hold On Without Working?, saying “Will your emergency fund cover you for long?”

Career

Mike at Experiglot presents Start Up Business Plan: Day #2 , saying “Setting goals for your new business.”

Gerry Sandis at ResumeMAG presents The Top 7 Scenario Type Interview Questions, saying “Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a problem you had with a supervisor. When you had to work under pressure. When you made a suggestion and how it was implemented. When you…”

Debt and Credit

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents Attitude towards debt, saying “How do you handle debt?”

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Blog presents C’est La Faute du Federal, saying “Who’s fault is it for all our issues with money and such? If you are a Quebecer, the choice is obvious.”

Matt at Stupid Cents presents Beware of Tax Refund Loans, saying “How much are you willing to pay to borrow money for 14 days? The pitfall: the fees, though seemingly reasonable, act as an irrationally high interest rate.”

Frugality

Jeri Ford at Help Me Travel Cheap presents Always Get a Screenshot When Signing Up for Promotions, saying “A screenshot today may save you a lot of hassle tomorrow.”

Kevin at Parenting Family Money presents New Car or Used Car for a Teen Driver?, saying “When the time comes for your teen to get a car, what will you get – a new or used car? See the pros and cons of each.”

Investing

Neal Frankle at Wealth Pilgirm presents Life Insurance For Children. Never Buy It. Here’s Why, saying “No. Never. Forget it. Bad idea. Life insurance is a tool to protect your family. There are two ways this tool helps your life insurance beneficiaries.”

Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog presents 5 Reasons to Be Bearish on The Market, saying “We play devil’s advocate and look at why it’s time to be bearish.”

Networth Journey at Networth Journey presents Is Luck an Important Part of Good Investing?, saying “Learn how luck sometimes impacts you investing returns.”

Mike at Do Not Wait presents Economic and Retirement Update, saying “We look at the current economic climate.”

Mich at BeatingTheIndex presents Why Warren Buffett Is Wrong On Gold, saying “Warren Buffett isn’t a fan of gold investing. This is an alternative view by a gold investor from the other side.”

Darwin’s Money at Darwin’s Money presents Life Settlement Investment â€" Scam or Legit?, saying “Life Settlement Investments are growing in many countries including Canada – Profiting from Death? Scam? Or legitimate high yield alternative investment? Find out for yourself with the facts here.”

Online Income

Jim at Advisor Think Box presents Social Media is just another form of communication, saying “Are you intimidated by social media? Do you have a tough time relating to this new technology? What I have learned since diving into the world of social media is it is just another form of communication.”

Retirement

Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents 2011 Online RRSP Guide: Helping your with RRSPs, saying “Everything you need to know about RRSPs. All the posts are broken down into five main categories so it is easier to find what you are looking for.”

Group Benefits Guy at Group Benefits Online presents Four key areas of a Group Retirement Plan, saying “Defined Benefit Pension plans are shrinking from 31% coverage to only 24% coverage. According to some studies about 50% of Canadians participate in a Capital Accumulation Plan (Group RRSP, DC Pension or DPSP) of some sort.”

Saving

Echo at Boomer & Echo presents Canadian Chequing Account Comparison, saying “Iâ€™m always working hard to improve my finances and to save money wherever I can. One of the first places I started was with my chequing account.”

Jessica at MomVesting presents Hidden Savings Accounts: Good or Bad?, saying “Overall, I am left torn about a womanâ€™s (or manâ€™s â€" there are also men in this situation) hidden savings account.”

Other

Kevin at Invest It Wisely presents Challenging Your Thoughts and Beliefs, saying “Personal finance beliefs are not necessarily objectively right or wrong, but they are subjectively â€œrightâ€ in the eyes of the writer. Are you vehemently anti-debt? Or do you believe that debt can have its places and uses? Both opinions are valid within their own sphere of reasoning.”

Glen Craig at Free From Broke presents Interview with Philip Taylor â€" Organizer of Financial Blogger Conference 2011, saying “I had the fortune if interviewing Philip Taylor, organizer of the Financial Blogger Conference. See why it was created, why you should go if you are a PF blogger, and what to expect.”

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents How to Prevent Identity Theft, saying “Are you protecting yourself?”