Making financial decisions on your own can be tough. Truth be told, I wasn’t always a personal finance expert. There was a time when I was pretty clueless when it came to money. (The lack of financial literacy in our education system sure didn’t help.)  Then one day I came across a book and it […]

Beau Humphreys is a Personal Finance Coach and Blogger and host of the Personal Finance Show Podcast. He also runs financialaccounting.ca, a website all about helping small businesses understand the value of bookkeeping and accounting. Beau has quite unique and inspirational story. He was addicted to gambling for most of his life. In fact, gambling […]

  Kyle Prevost is the founder of the Canadian Financial Summit, co-author of More Money for Beer and Textbooks and blogs regularly on Young and Thrifty, a site dedicated to everything finance related for young adults. Kyle is also a school teacher in Manitoba and has a real passion for financial literacy. In my interview […]

Lesley-Anne Scorgie is a bestselling author, renowned professional speaker, educator and popular columnist and television personality. She owns and operates MeVest.ca, a money school for Canadians offering one-on-one money coaching and employer programs. In addition to being a guest of Oprah, Lesley-Anne has made numerous television appearances including CBC, Breakfast Television, The Social, Montel Williams, and […]

Wealthsimple is a name synonymous with Canadians for low cost investing, but that’s not all it’s known for. The leading digital investing firm is broadening it’s services with the release of its very own savings account – the Smart Savings Account. With more Canadians doing their banking online, Wealthsimple offering savings accounts to its clients […]

I was recently interviewed by Davis Mutabwa on the Business Generals Podcast where I shared my story from living in my mother’s house to paying off a $425k home in 3 years. Check out the full episode including all the steps I took and now teach. You may have already paid off your mortgage but you […]

Are you sick and tired of paying too much in investments fees? You’re not alone. Canadian pay among the highest fees in the developed world. On the typical equity mutual fund, you’ll pay fees of 2.35%. And no, that’s not 2.35% of your gains, that’s 2.35% of your initial investment. Over your lifetime, you could […]

If you’re one of the two-thirds of Canadian workers without the luxury of a company pension plan, the Saskatchewan Pension Plan (SPP) can bridge the gap and help you save towards retirement. For most retirees, government benefits such as CPP, OAS and GIS simply won’t be enough to sustain their lifestyle in retirement. Although there […]

Does your hydro bill seem high these days? If you live in Toronto, you have a right to complain. Ontario residents pay the highest rates in Canada for hydro. Residential hydro rates in Ontario increased a whopping 71 percent between 2008 to 2016, compared to 34 percent in the rest of Canada, according to a […]