Save-Spend Balance – Find the personal balance between saving money for the future and spending money to enjoy the present moment.
It is an understatement to say that we had an extremely weird year for the stock market in 2020. The stock indices were firing on all cylinders in mid-February. The global pandemic uncertainties then quickly …
It is hard to believe that I have been working from home for the past eight months due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. When my work sent out the work-from-home-until-further-notice email on March 13, I …
The financial independence retire early movement is getting a lot of attention lately. While it’s nice to see the movement gaining traction, I feel most of the major media coverage has been very early retirement …
Earlier this year I was contacted by Ali Amad, a reporter from Pivot Magazine, about appearing in a feature called “Financial Independence Retire Early” movement he was putting together. After a few email exchanges and …
Long time readers will recall my beef with some personal finance gurus and their advice of using cash and not using credit cards. If you consistently pay off your monthly balance, I believe you should …
Announcement: The annual Plutus Award is up for 2020 nomination. Last year I was one of the finalists for Best Canadian Personal Finance Blog. If you really enjoy reading this site, I’d really appreciate it …
Years ago, Mrs. T and I spent two weeks in Italy for our honeymoon. When we were planning the trip, we wanted to spend four or five days in the Tuscany region. Since both of …