2026 Looking Ahead
Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe this decade, the 20s, is halfway over? It’s also hard to believe that both of my kids are no longer little babies anymore. In fact, Kid 2.0 will …
Money Mindset
It’s important to have the right money mindset. Without the right money mindset, you may not feel happy despite how much money is in your bank account.
Let’s face it, money is an important part of our lives. We need to have the right money mindset so we can go through life feeling great!
10 lessons I’ve learned from 25 years of investing
I started DIY investing while I was in university. Back then, I bought a few stocks based purely on recommendations. Honestly, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I didn’t know much about …
How to save money – 8 frugal habits to practice
Long time readers will remember that our investing strategy boils down to these four simple steps: What does spending below our means, or living below our means really signify? It simply means spending less than …
Would You Take $2 Million for 60-hour Work Weeks? Answering Life’s Toughest Money Dilemmas
The other day, we were playing That Escalated Quickly, in which one player would pick a question card, the other players would pick out a number card from 1 to 10 and come up with …
Early Retirement Q&A with Dividend Daddy
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. Because the community is made up of folks who have different backgrounds and different ages, it’s very diverse (not just Caucasian …
2025 Goals and Resolutions – Q3 Update
With Q3 2025 in the books, it is time for a quarterly update on my 2025 goals and resolutions. For those of you who are new, since 2019, I have set goals and resolutions at …
Random thoughts – worst day of the market, tech or not, leveraging, etc
As I write this on Oct 12, we just experienced the “worst day” of the stock market since April. The S&P dropped by 2.7%, the NASDAQ dropped by 3.56%, and the TSX dropped by 1.38%. …