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RDSP Awareness , Volatility and #MoneyTalk
It is RDSP awareness month in October (according to Plan Institute). As most of you know the RDSP is a topic near and dear to my heart. Watch all my social media streams ( Twitter and Facebook) for...
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GM, PC M/C Changes, Podcasts and #MoneyTalk
Allow me to be clear on my opinion of GM shutting down their Oshawa plant, F*ck you GM! You take government bail-outs (fail-outs?), and you then turn around and do this? As a tax payer I am disgusted...
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Christmas Treats, RESPs, The Markets and Polkas and #MoneyTalk
With Advent upon us, it is not much time until Christmas will be here (and then gone). Did you realize there is actually a Financial Advent Calendar on this very site? You can consult it here. With...
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Lent Begins and #MoneyTalk
Today is Ash Wednesday and that means in the Christian world that Lent Begins. For many folks this is a time of reflection, and a time of sacrifice. I don’t really buy into that, I view this more as a...
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Financial March Madness, Changing Frugal Lifestyles and #Moneytalk
March Madness is in high gear with the Elite 8 going on this weekend. As usual my bracket cannot win even though I still have 4 possible victors in the final four. My ability to prognosticate is...
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Unemployment Spikes, Easter and #MoneyTalk
Stats Canada announced on the 9th a massive drop in the employment numbers with (March 2020) over 1,011,000 jobs lost and many other folks had significantly less hours worked. Increased jobless claims...
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Opening up, May Day, COVID19 and #MoneyTalk
Another day to celebrate with the proletariat, our brothers and sisters who have thrown off the shackles of oppression, happy May Day! During the COVID19 lock down celebrating any day, is something. I...
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Boxing Tuesday, Opening Up and #MoneyTalk
It is a long weekend, but a weird one since most of us haven’t really been going into work. Is it a long weekend? Well it will be in Ontario, because on Tuesday May 19th 2020 more stores will be...
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Fathers Day , COVID, Unsubscribe & #MoneyTalk
To all the Fathers out there, I wish you an early Happy Fathers Day (never sure where the apostrophe goes here). I am lucky to be a Dad, and also a GrandDad but just hoping for a quiet Sunday. As I...
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Happy Canada Day #MoneyTalk
🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 It is Canada’s Birthday, but it is an odd one with the COVID19 Pandemic going on. I live in Ottawa, but there are no outdoor celebrations here for the first time I...
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COVID19 Opening Up, Middle Aged Canada and #MoneyTalk
Slowly we attempt to return to a semblance of normalcy, in our new COVID19 dominated world. In Ottawa, most businesses are “open” but under strict rules about distancing and masks are to be used...
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Vaccines, Here Comes Christmas and #MoneyTalk
Looks like we have a vaccine story, so I guess the answer to “COVID are we f*cked?“, is, “Not so much, but not great yet“. There are multiple vaccines, and as usual some interesting issues. The...
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Happy New Year 2021 and #MoneyTalk
Happy New Year, and with this new year we can finally say, “Hindsight is 2020”. Sorry for the Dad Humour, but that is only way I can laugh at 2020. Truly a year that will be one we talk about for a...
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Financial Year That Was 2020
The year 2020 is a year to be remembered. Unlike 2008 where there was a financial apocalypse, 2020 gave us a Pandemic. The pandemic has caused a financial apocalypse of its own. Whether there will be...
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Good Friday, COVID continues, XRP, Tax Time and #MoneyTalk
Good Friday is a day of reflection. Why is it called Good Friday? (click here to find out) It is a day of endings, but of new beginnings too. If you need a milestone to start new behaviours Easter is...
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Happy New Year 2022 and #MoneyTalk
Happy New Year 2022? Can we even say that yet? After 2021, maybe let’s just say, “We hope for a Happy New Year” and leave it at that. Over the year we have seen wave upon wave of COVID. Now we are...
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April Ends, Tax Time, Pandemics and #MoneyTalk
May Day is almost here when the workers will take control of the means of production! The concept of the Oligarch wasn’t well understood by Trotsky, but maybe it is an idea whose time has come? Who...
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Inflation , TZ3, Interest Rates and #MoneyTalk
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Of Inflation, space rock TZ3 and Interest which is most likely to do the most damage? Currently, Inflation and Interest rates are more likely, as TZ3 will miss the...
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Given I seem to be writing a bit more these days, maybe a digest of my monthly Canadian Personal Finance writings would be useful. My Canadian Personal Finance Writings January 2024 I will take the...
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February’s Finest Financial Fables
February is Black History Month. Odd that they chose the shortest month of the year for that. I wrote and re-wrote a fair amount this month. I think I have found a rhythm, although very few folk have...
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March Money Madness
My frenetic writing pace has slowed, but it hasn’t stopped. What have I been writing about? That is a good question. March Madness from Me Do you have Financial Phobias? I found this while spring...
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Investing like Golf and April #MoneyTalk
I have written previously that Investing is like Golf. The punch line is that you need to go back in time, about 20 years and start doing it then. It was one of the first theme stories I wrote a while...
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