October 2010

Weekly Recap: Entrepreneurship, Wealth and Dave Ramsey

October 30, 2010

Some weekly reading to help keep you entertained :) How to Become Wealthy @ Free Money Finance Think You Could Live in a Hotel? @ Budgets Are Sexy Wanna be a millionaire? Move to Vietnam! @ Clever Dude Your Opinion: Is Debt Slavery? @ Consumerism Commentary Graphing the meaning of retirement @ Early Retirement Extreme How [...]

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Insuring Our Credit Cards

October 29, 2010

On top of being a worldwide accepted and convenient form of payment, credit cards now offer added services such as travel and medical insurance, extended warrantees on our purchases, and protection on our minimum payments  as well as our total balance owing in case we lose our jobs or become injured. Credit Care Insurance or [...]

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Banking On The Go

October 28, 2010

We all live busy lives with our families, our careers, our social lives, and our extracurricular activities. Our Banks are trying to make our busy lives a little less hectic with more convenient banking options such as online banking and banking by telephone. These options are offered to clients in hopes of catering to their [...]

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Can I Have My Credit Card My Way?

October 27, 2010

Since we can’t create The Perfect Credit Card for us as individuals, we should find the best credit card available for us on the current market.  We often use our credit card for shopping, but have you ever shopped for a credit card? I recently decided to take the test and shop around for the [...]

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DINKS Choice: Dividend Mutual Funds

October 26, 2010

Dividend Funds are a great component of any investment portfolio because they offer the potential high rates of returns of Equity Mutual Funds, with the security and constant revenue distribution flow of Fixed Income Mutual Funds. They are the perfect balance of risk versus reward in our investment portfolios. According to Investopedia the definition of [...]

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Leveraged Investing

October 25, 2010

What would you say if I told you that you could invest in your retirement savings plan with someone else’s money? I am sure that most of us would jump at the chance to gamble with someone else’s money but reap the reward if we win.  The investment strategy of using borrowed money to invest [...]

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Marrying into DINKS

October 22, 2010

My father is getting re-married next year.  Although I am less than thrilled about his decision, at the end of the day it is his choice. This past week I had a conversation with my Dad about our joint finances and his new family. I politely reminded him not to forget about his original family [...]

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The Perfect Credit Card

October 21, 2010

Credit cards now days are becoming more and more personalized.  Some companies allow us to choose our credit card colour as well as the design.  The credit card is the new check book. Remember checks? I have ordered a book of checks once in my lifetime; and to date, I have only used 17 of [...]

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Our Parents Estate

October 20, 2010

As you may know, my parents are divorced. As we grow older and our parents reach their retirements, we must start to plan our estates as well as our parents’ estates.  If your parents are divorced, how has their separation affect the way you have planned your estate? Estates will need to be allocated differently [...]

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Working With a Real Estate Pro When Buying a Home

October 19, 2010

So, you’ve decided to buy a home—or at least to start looking for the deal of the century. With bargain home prices and mortgage rates at all-time lows, it’s certainly a great time to snap up something affordable. Unless you buy a FSBO, you’ll probably end up working with a real estate salesperson. FSBO means [...]

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