Canadian Finance Blog

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:00 AM PDT

Budgeting

The Family Wallet at The Family Wallet presents Can You Really Go to a Cash Only System?, saying “Many personal finance experts tout the benefits of going to a "cash only" spending system. They say that making this switch will provide all types of benefits to your financial life from helping you budget more accurately to encouraging you to spend less. And, for the most part, they're right. But can you ever switch to a truly "cash only" spending system?”

Business

Mike at The Financial Blogger presents Blogging Goals Reviewed, saying “A review of blogging goals and where we stand”

Matt at Living in Financial Excellence presents Cash Flow Lessons Learned for Small Businesses, saying “Today I intended to cover some lessons I learned about small business cash flow over the last few years”

Janet at Credit, Eh presents McDonald's Rolls Out Contactless Payment for Credit Cards, saying “McDonald’s is integrating contactless payment in its Canadian locations, proving that some retailers are ready to embrace new credit card payment technology that makes things more convenient — and more secure.”

Career

Crystal at Stupid Cents presents Creating a Resume, saying “The key to creating a resume is to write one that strikes the perfect balance. Here are a few ideas.”

Md at Studenomics presents 5 Networking Tips for Entrepreneurs, saying “Are you using these networking tips?”

Debt and Credit

Matt Polo at The Credit Letter presents 5 Things That Damage Your Credit Score, saying “Post outlining the 5 biggest factors in determining your credit score and outlines how to avoid damaging your credit score”

Economy

Echo at Boomer & Echo presents More Hinting At An Interest Rate Hike, saying “I found it interesting that experts can pick out one or two phrases from these statements and determine whether or not the Bank of Canada is hinting at a future interest rate hike.”

Extra Income

Kevin at Invest It Wisely presents What Would You Do with a Million Dollars?, saying “Would you give up the Internet for 1 million dollars? If it were permanent, I don't think I'd give up the Internet. Here is what I would do, though, assuming that I didn't lose half of it to tax confiscation right off the bat, which I probably would! These would be my first priorities, in alphabetical order:”

Frugality

Kelly at Wallet Watcher presents Commonsense Ways to Save on Tech Devices, saying “With some money smarts and common sense while shopping, saving a tidy bundle on tech isn't as imposable as you might think.”

Investing

Neal Frankle at Wealth Pilgirm presents How to Improve Your Credit Score to Buy a House – 4 Easy Action Tips, saying “As you may know, a good credit score matters when you are looking to get a loan. This is truer than ever when you are applying for home loans. Feel free to use these easy credit tips to help improve your credit score to buy a house.”

Mike at Green Panda Treehouse presents You Are Only 20…So Take Some Risk!, saying “Are you taking risks in your 20s?”

Div Guy at The Dividend Guy Blog presents Are You Investing in Coke?, saying “We analyze this always popular stock.”

Mike at Do Not Wait presents Debt Management Solutions: Insure Your Debts – Pros and Cons, saying “We look at both sides of insuring your debt.”

Eddie at Finance Fox presents A Fools Investment: The Lottery, saying “The more you feed it, the more it wants. Except it hardly gives back to you in return. Approximately one quarter (nearly 9 million Canadians) play the lottery each week. If you invested $2 on a lottery ticket, your odds of winning are 1 in 14 million.”

Lifestyle

Money Spending Mommy at Money Spending Mommy presents Mobile Banking Using Your Cell Phone, saying “There are more and more things that can be done using a cellphone these days. It's not just for personal and business communication anymore; cellphones take and store pictures, email, text, and do many of the tasks that a desktop computer with an internet connection can do. Now, you can also use your cellphone to do your banking”

Darwin at Darwin’s Money presents If We Pay For our Daughter's Wedding, What About Our Son?, saying “Since tradition has always been that the bride’s parents pay for the wedding, how do you handle it when you have sons and daughters? Some ideas to maintain “equality”.”

J.B at My University Money presents Should I Live Alone? Or Live With A Roommate, saying “Moving out and into the city for school can be a great experience, one of things to consider is who you are going to live with.”

Real Estate

md at PIN presents Do You Want to be a Landlord? Let's Look at Every Cost Involved, saying “Rental property costs.”

Retirement

Jim Yih at Retire Happy Blog presents Questions for Financial Advisors, saying “Interviewing advisors means having the right questions for Financial Advisors. Here's lots of questions to help you find the right advisor to hire.”

Group Benefits Guy at Group Benefits Online presents Pooled Registered Pension Plan, saying “What do you think of the new PRPP? The Pooled Registered Pension Plan may be the future solution to pension reform so make sure you are aware. “

Saving

Mike at Rewards Cards Canada presents Tips To Maximize Reward Credit Cards, saying “Savvy shoppers can maximize their rewards by using their credit card for everyday spending, like on groceries and gas.”

Glen Craig at Free From Broke presents 8 Road Trip Money Saving Tips, saying “Planning a road trip this summer? Make the most of it with these money saving tips.”