Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 02:00 AM PDT

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the debut Canadian Finance Blog post by Nelson Smith!

Budgeting

Mike at Experiglot presents A One Week Guide for Raging Your Way to Personal Finance Success, saying “Let’s gain control of our finances this week!”

Glen Craig at Free From Broke presents Try a No Spend Month: Your Wallet Will Thank You, saying “Try out a No Spend Month and see what it can teach you about your spending habits. See what it taught this author.”

Jim at Advisor Think Box presents Is your ABOUT page dull?, saying “If a visitor gets to the about page, that means they want to learn a little more. This is the page where you have a chance to connect with them.”

Career

Lahesha Williams at Career Help For Christians presents 3 Elements of Personal Branding for Your Career, saying “An article on the value of personal branding in your career.”

Teacher Man at My University Money presents How A Great Summer Job Can Benefit You, saying “Starting out in the real world after school can be hard on its own. Throw in some debt and no job experience and it can be quite stressful. A great summer job can make you debt free!”

Eddie at Finance Fox presents Your Salary Increase In 1000 Words, saying “Never forget; money comes and goes, but time is something that money can't buy. Having value added benefits of time, year end bonuses, additional benefits and other values built within you raise, will go much further than your annual raise alone.”

Debt and Credit

Mike at Do Not Wait presents Debt Management Solutions: Leverage to Gain an Advantage, saying “Using debt to your advantage.”

Evan at My Journey To Millions presents How Much Interest Do You Pay Monthly?, saying “I can't believe it has been 19 months since I last determined how much interest I pay to financing companies! I remember how I felt when I wrote that post, while I understood how amortization loans worked and that financing costs were inevitable it wasn't until I did the actual calculations that I found how much was going to interest. In November of 2009 I was paying approximately $1,498 in interest per month and that was out of a little over $1,900 in monthly debt servicing payments.”

Extra Income

Danesh at The Financial Rebellion presents It's like a 5% raise….but even easier., saying “A post on making sure everyone uses’s their benifits to the fullest extent with a focus pertaining to contribution match programs provided at work.”

Kelly at Wallet Watcher presents Top Five Ways to Boost Your Online Income, saying “Since the advent of the Internet, millions of people worldwide have at least considered the idea of making money online. Although the days of the "make thousands of dollars in three hours!" hype are over, it is still very feasible to bring in a respectable sum each month with the proper planning and implementation of skills. The following is a list of the five best ways to help you boost your income from the Internet and reach your working goals.”

Frugality

Emmie at Frugal Living presents 7 Things You Need for an Memorable and Affordable Birthday Party, saying “Planning a birthday party for yourself or a family member can involve a lot of planning and preparation. Having a budget in mind is essential before preparations get underway. Depending on the venue and the number of guests, you can organise a successful birthday party even on a tight budget.”

Briana at Stupid Cents presents How Much Does a Puppy Cost?, saying “How much does a puppy cost? Getting a new puppy is fun and exciting but can also be quite expensive. Find out the costs associated with bringing a dog home.”

Investing

Neal Frankle at Wealth Pilgirm presents Mutual Fund Holdings — What's Inside Your Fund?, saying “When people ask "how should I invest?" they often want to know what's inside their mutual fund. The good news is that it's relatively easy to discover what your mutual fund holdings are.”

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents How Increasing Our Cost Is Helping Our Company Grow, saying “How investing money can pay off.”

Group Benefits Guy at Group Benefits Online presents How much can I contribute to a RRSP?, saying “Knowing how much you can contribute to a RRSP is important. There are 4 ways to know how much -One easy way and three harder ways.”

Mike at The Dividend Guy Blog presents Improve Your Trading By Using Moving Averages, saying “How you can improve your trading results.”

Matt at Living in Financial Excellence presents Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Economists’ Predictions When Investing, saying “Lesson learned: Don't listen to the economists when making investment decisions. Every one of them has a different opinion on any given day, and most of them are wrong. Stay the course with your investments. Buy low, sell high, hold for the long term, and don't put all your eggs in one basket. Make sure you do this with the help of a good financial adviser (not an economist) and you'll be just fine.”

Boomer at Boomer & Echo presents Investing In The Future, saying “When you consider investing in the future, the following are some industries that are sure to grow in the next twenty to thirty years.”

Lifestyle

Miss T. at Prairie Eco Thrifter presents Eight Things Millionaires Have in Common with Each Other, saying “What makes millionaires different from the merely affluent or the middle-class? The Spectrum Group set out to understand this by sifting through their ongoing quarterly research. They found eight factors that the millionaires had in common – factors we can apply to our own lives and finances. “

Kevin at Invest It Wisely presents Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School, saying “Is it possible to become a millionaire, on a teacher's salary? Teacher and author Andrew Hallam seems to think so, and he shares his lessons in his upcoming book Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School.”

Janet at Credit, Eh presents Canadians at the Front of Technology — Including Digital Wallets, saying “From allowing you to keep up with your friends through social media, to helping you manage your budget, smartphones and tablets can be quite useful. As a result, Canadians are warming to the idea of a digital wallet.”

Sustainable PF at Sustainable Personal Finance presents Using a Midwife: A Personal Choice, saying “We are choosing to use a midwife for our first childbirth. “

Other

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents Travel Insurance: Do You Need It on Your Next Trip?, saying “The importance of travel insurance.”

Big Cajun Man at THE Canadian Finance Site presents More Tales of Indescretion, saying “Sometimes using your cell phone in public can be a very dangerous thing (financially speaking).”

Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents Personal Directive, saying “A Personal Directive is a written, signed, dated and witnessed document that appoints someone else to look after your health matters.”

Real Estate

Roberta Matera at 2nd Homes In Arizona presents Taxes! Canadian Buyers in Arizona…, saying “There are many things you need to know regarding paying taxes (ugh, it should be a four letter word) on your second home in the U.S. The first thing you should know is… There is no sales tax! I know that may be something that a lot of you already know, but I have a number of clients from Canada who have asked me that question. Now that we have that out of the way let's look at the different tax implications of owning property in the great state of Arizona, if your primary residence is outside of the U.S.”

Canadian Finance Carnival #42 originally appeared on Canadian Finance Blog on June 26, 2011.