Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 02:00 AM PDT

Yesterday we went to our second wedding in BC in the past month. This time we’re out in Abottsford and heading into Vancouver tomorrow to check out the Vancouver Aquarium and meet up with Alan Schram!

Lahesha Williams at Career Help for Christians presents Using Social Media to Market your Small Business Effectively, saying “Marketing is an essential element of every business and can be the key to the success or failure of the business.”

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents Why I Will Not Quit My Day Job, saying “I share why I won’t quit my day job.”

Gerry Sandis at Resume MAG presents Youth May Find It Hard To Find A Job This Summer, saying “There may not be enough funding for summer-jobs programs, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't still hit the pavement looking for your own summer job. Here are some tips to help you find some gainful employment this summer:”

Matt at Stupid Cents presents So You Really Want a 30 Year Mortgage?, saying “So you are looking at buying a house and taking on a 30 year mortgage?”

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Personal Finance Site presents Loose Money Continues in May, saying “The Bank of Canada does not raise interest rates, yet, but they do hint that rate increases will be coming soon.”

The Investment Blogger at The Investment Blog presents 2011 Mid-Year Canadian Economic Update & Outlook, saying “Taking a look at the Canadian economy during the first half of 2011, and what we can expect for the remainder of the year.”

Investor Junkie at Investor Junkie presents Why I Never Trust Economists or Weathermen, saying “If I had the chance to start my career path all over again, I would choose to be either an economist or a weatherman. What other field could you be in where you are wrong most of the time, and still get to keep your job?”

Jim at Advisor Think Box presents SEO Tips for your website, saying “There are many SEO tips that are not only good for search engines but they are very helpful for people looking for and perusing through your website.”

Miss T. at Prairie Eco Thrifter presents Work Harder, then Work Smarter, saying “Typically, when people begin to earn that extra part-time income, they start to get greedy; they want to buy the things that they never had before: big screen TV, surround sound, designer clothing, purses, and yes, those to-die-for shoes that were never in the budget before. Suddenly, we feel like we have the cash to pay for these items….BUT, if we allow ourselves to do this, then we'll be stuck in the same job we had before, PLUS we have to keep working that part-time job to support our new expensive habits. Don't do this to yourself! Start working smarter instead of harder.”

Group Benefits Guy at Group Benefits Online presents Rebalancing your portfolio, saying “I am going to share with you a strategy that is guaranteed to make you successful – rebalancing your portfolio.”

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents The Financial Milestones in Our Lives, saying “A look at financial milestones.”

Mike at Do Not Wait presents Debt Management Solutions: Debt Transfer Credit Card, Good or Bad?, saying “We look at a the whole credit card transfer thing.”

Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog presents Dividend Investing eBook ? How To build a Never Ending Cash Distributor, saying “Our free ebook is finally available.”

IS at Intelligent Speculator presents One Major Benefit To A Passive Income Portfolio, saying “We look at a passive income portfolio.”

Neal Frankle at Wealth Pilgirm presents How I Got My Free Credit Score Online With No Credit Card, saying “If you want to get your credit score for free online, you can do so without using your credit card.”

Teacher Man at My University Money presents Investing Series – Stocks (Part 1), saying “Part One of the stocks portion of our investing series. We talk about what stocks are, and why they will never fail.”

Eddie at Finance Fox presents It’s Always Better To Give – 9 Ways of Giving, saying “One of the best parts of Personal Finance is being able to give back, in some way, shape or form. Giving is not only powerful, but if done right can become contagious. Unfortunately far too people correlate giving with money.”

Janet at Credit, Eh presents Sony: What About Us Canucks?, saying “In the U.S., Sony is offering a year of free identity theft insurance to PSN and Qriocity members. But no one else is getting any sort of protection. Why can’t Canadians get any love?”

Barbara Friedberg at Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance presents DON’T FALL FOR MONEY MIND TRICKS (part 2), saying “Understanding behavioral finance and mental money missteps can lead to smarter saving and investing decisions. Learn how to improve money decision making.”

Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents Who Wants To Be a Millionaire!, saying “We all want to be a millionaire. Game shows, lottery tickets, casinos all prey on our desire to have wealth. But what does wealth really mean?”

Mike at Experiglot presents Asset Allocation for Retirement, saying “How you can allocate your assets for retirement.”

Echo at Boomer & Echo presents Interview With George Small, Co-Founder of Kanetix Ltd., saying “Canadian insurance consumers have been using Kanetix as a one-stop shop to access instant quotes from competing insurers for over a decade.”

Craig Ford at Money Help for Christians presents How a High School Graduate Can Save $20,000 , saying “Most teens who graduated this year will go out and get stuff they can't afford and borrow money to fund their impatience.”