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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...