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Starting a New Business: How to Find Financing
I've always been a fan of being your own boss. Yes, it is in fact more difficult than being employed and more energy consuming - but if you are talented and feeling underestimated, building your own business could be a viable solution to your concerns. You do not need...
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Moving Abroad to Save or Earn Money – Where to go
Upon graduating from University, it can be quite difficult to immediately find an employment position that has a high enough salary to rent a flat in the big cities. For this reason, many recent graduates have begun to explore options that are outside of Canada to see...
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5 Alternatives to a Lavish Wedding that Will Still Create Wonderful Memories for Your Special Day
Starting out in life is full of firsts and exciting new experiences. Moving out of your parents’ home into your own place, whether it is a dorm room, apartment, shared housing etc. it is all new and exciting. Most young people do not start out with everything they...
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International Money Transfers for Overseas Education: Guide & Recommendations
With record breaking numbers of overseas student enrollment in Canadian high education, and new initiatives to encourage Canadians to study abroad popping up, the subject of international money transfers is a hot potato. If a Canadian was to study abroad in the UK for...
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Saving with Tangerine: Are Your Savings Insured and Are They a Good Deal for Students?
Typically, students aren’t exactly known for being flush with cash – especially when a new term is just around the corner, bringing with it a slew of start-of-year expenditures. Many students work part-time, which means that while in school, college or...
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Questrade RESP Review: Saving for My Child’s Education
In Canada, there’s a 4-letter acronym that spells “Free money for your child’s education”. It’s called RESP – or a Registered Education Savings Plan. This is a government-approved savings plan that helps parents and guardians of children (under the age of 18) to save...
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The Best Student Credit Cards
As a student, each time you approach your mom or dad to get you a credit card, you probably hear them say: “Why do you need a credit card? Don’t we give you money whenever you need it?”. That may be well and good, but having a student credit card in your own name is...
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Can Your Trust Robo Advisors With Your Pension?
Unless you have a very high level of confidence in your money-management skills, chances are that you are using the services of some type of professional money manager for your retirement and pension accounts. While online brokerage accounts, mutual fund operators...
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Ed Rempel: Stow Your Student Loan Regrets, Focus on Future Priorities Instead
Surveys these days paint a pretty sorry picture of today’s college graduates, saddled with student loan debt, along with regrets over their financial choices while they were in school. Take a recent poll by BDO Canada that found 67 per cent of Canadians under 40...
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The Best Robo Advisors In Canada and the USA – and Why You Should Give Them a Look
If you’re looking for the simplest, easiest way to get money from your pay cheque into an investing account such as an RRSP or TFSA – then new robo advisors such as Wealthsimple and Wealthfront (for our American readers) might be exactly what you’re looking for (see...
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Win $1,000 Cash & Snag Our Top Rated Student Credit Card
Is $1,000 falling from the heavens a blessing or a curse? When I think of the trouble I might have gotten into as a freshmen after winning RateHub.ca’s Student Budget Refresh Contest – well, I get a bit of a smile on my face and a shiver down my spine! Whether you...
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Is Money the Main Reason You Chose the Major You Did?
It’s no secret – many students are attending university without a solid grasp of what it is they want to do in their lives. They may delay the declaration of a major until the last possible moment, and when they are finally forced to make a choice, they default to a...
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Smartphone Made for Smart Dining: Save Time & Money with Your Mobile Phone
Look around you at any restaurant and you are bound to see some of the patrons with their heads bowed over their smartphones, but what if they aren’t checking in on Facebook, replying to a Tweet, or sending a Snapchat? The reality is that roughly 3 out of every 10...
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Paying Off Your Student Loans With an MS in Information Security
It’s no secret that IT professionals enjoy great job prospects and earn plenty of money. But did you know that there’s an IT field where professionals can earn an average of $39,000 more a year than the average for IT professionals? And what if qualified specialists...
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How Student Loan Forgiveness Programs Can Help You Afford to Become a Special Education Teacher
No one enters the field of teaching to make a fortune — most teachers choose the field because they love children and are passionate about education, and that goes double for special education teachers. But teachers don’t make much money, and starting salaries for...
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