by myuniversitymoney | Sep 23, 2018 | Career & The Workplace, Entrepreneurship, Financial Advice & Investing |
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...
by myuniversitymoney | Jun 10, 2018 | Education & Academic Tips, Personal Finance |
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...
by Kyle | Feb 11, 2018 | Banking, Financial Advice & Investing, Personal Finance |
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...
by Kyle | Feb 4, 2018 | Banking, Financial Advice & Investing, Personal Finance, RESP & Preparing A Child For University, Stocks |
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...
by Kyle | Jan 28, 2018 | Banking, Credit Cards, Personal Finance |
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...
by Kyle | Jan 19, 2018 | Financial Advice & Investing, Personal Finance, Robo Advisors, Stocks |
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...
by Justin | Dec 7, 2017 | Financial Advice & Investing, Student Life & University Issues, Student Loans |
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...
by Kyle | Aug 8, 2017 | Financial Advice & Investing, Robo Advisors |
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...
