A few decades of life experience has taught me that, for the most part, if you want to obtain something, you have to ask for it -besides working for it-.
Category: Planning
F.I.R.E. explained and debunked
F.I.R.E. is a very popular acronym is the Personal Finance blogosphere. It stands for Financially Independent Retire Early. Over … More
The importance of the emergency fund
I have heard a lot of names for the Emergency fund: Back-up fund, F-U fund, Opportunity fund, Rainy-Day fund…whatever you want to call it, it is just semantics.
To combine finances or not?
When two people are in a committed relationship, the question of moving-in together comes-up at some point.
Retirement Planning Mistakes- part 2
In part 1, we examined 5 common retirement planning mistakes. Here are a few more
Retirement Planning Mistakes- Part 1
Planning for retirement is a very complex task. For many, including myself, it can be daunting.
Curbing Summer expenses
After one of the snowiest and coldest Winter in Vancouver, followed by a very wet Spring, Summer is finally here.
Valuing a stock with the Graham formula
There are several ways to assess a stock, besides the stock table. One of them is the Graham formula, created by Benjamin Graham.
The dog years of compounding (in investing)
Albert Einstein dubbed compound interest the eight wonder of the world.
Buying vs renting a home
Don’t roll your eyes just yet. This is not another debate as to whether renting is better than buying or conversely.
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