by Kyle | Feb 11, 2018 | Financial Advice & Investing |
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 | Financial Advice & Investing |
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 Justin | Dec 7, 2017 | Financial Advice & Investing |
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 |
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...
by Teacher Man | Apr 5, 2015 | Financial Advice & Investing |
It’s that time of the year again. The time for beer that is cheaper than the usual cheap. When pasta and “red sauce” 5 days a week consists of budgeting. Springtime for post-secondary students is often a lean financial period. Those savings from summer are badly...
by Teacher Man | Dec 7, 2014 | Financial Advice & Investing, personal finance |
I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently and I have been thinking about the concept of money and how different people look at it in different ways. The main concept of these books is usually that rich people generally see money as a way to gain more assets that can...
by Bridgette Stevenson | Oct 12, 2014 | Education & Academic Tips, Financial Advice & Investing, Scholarships and Grants, Student Life & University Issues, Uncategorized, University Living/Housing |
Like many other aspects of the transition from high school to university, applying for scholarships is another way it can be easy for students to become overwhelmed and easily discouraged. Unfortunately, many of us have the tendency to ignore anything which involves...
by Justin | Jun 15, 2014 | Financial Advice & Investing |
Ten years ago getting a cell phone was a big deal. I didn’t have cell service where I grew up so it didn’t make sense to get a phone until I was in university. Cellphone shopping back in 2005 gave you the choice of 5 phones through 3 different providers....
