Categories: Budgeting and Cash Flow
Don’t Let Back to School Break the Bank
By Sheila Walkington, BBA, CFP® The back to school cliché is that kids dread it and parents are gleefully counting the hours. But in reality, lots of kids are excited to go back to school (albeit an excitement that usually fades with … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting and Cash Flow, Money Coaching
Second Time Around? 5 Things You Need to Know about Marriage and Money
By Karin Mizgala, Co-Founder and CEO Money Coaches Canada Almost thirty-five per cent of married Canadians are married for the second or even third time. And while it would be nice to believe that the experience of divorce improves chances … Continue reading
Paying Your Mortgage in Times of Rising Interest Rates
By Barbara Knoblach, Ph.D., CFP® The mortgage game is a complicated one where the rules change often. Canadian mortgage borrowers can be placed into one of two camps – the ‘variable rate’ or ‘fixed rate’ camp. Variable rate borrowers are those … Continue reading
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How to Enjoy the Holiday Season without Paying for It in January
By Liisa Tatem, CPA, CA, CBV, CFDS, FPSC Level 1® Christmas can be like a runaway sleigh. You’re bundled up and warm, enjoying the dips and turns of holiday fun, when you realize that your budget bounced off the sleigh into … Continue reading
Maintain Marital Bliss by Following These 5 Money Management Principles
By Melanie Buffel, B.A. Psych, MBA Candidate Marriages suffer when there is financial stress. Sometimes they fail. In Canada, where the divorce rate is 48%, money issues are often cited as a contributing factor in a relationship’s downfall. But there … Continue reading
6 Proven Ways to Teach Kids about Money
Where did you learn about money? From school, from your parents, from a life of hard knocks?! Well, you as a parent are the most influential teacher your child will ever have, and specifically the mom when it comes to … Continue reading
Don’t give-up on retirement yet! Ten ways to get started…
By Steve Bridge, BA (Hons.), FPSC Level 1TM We know it can be daunting to take those first steps in planning for your retirement and it often seems easier to put it off for another day. But the earlier you … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting and Cash Flow, Debt, Retirement savings
5 Steps to Getting Financially Unstuck
By Melanie Buffel, BA Psych, MBA Candidate Does your financial situation feel like an immovable object – something that cannot be moved and is keeping you from making progress towards your goals? The situation might feel entrenched, even hopeless. The … Continue reading
