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Bah Humbug! Presents Make No Economic Cents
Every year when the Christmas season rolls around I am extraordinarily thankful. I really love seeing everyone relax, getting to touch base with old friends, and spending leisure time with family. As a bonafide food addict that hates to cook, I am also a huge fan of...
Educating The Leaders of Tomorrow – Changing Educational Paradigms
I recently came across this video when talking to a friend of mine, and instantly became a huge fan of it (maybe even a prophet for it?). The message is definitely brilliant, but the medium in which it is delivered is equally outstanding (as a University of Manitoba...
Tracking Your Expenses – The First Step to Budgeting
This past weekend was the first weekend of the month, and like all first weekends this past year I was in front of my computer reading through a pile of receipts, tracking my expenses (unless I had something better to do then I would do it the following weekend)....
Pension Envy and the Company Match
With the crisis going on over in Europe, austerity measures going on around the world, and people having to prolong their retirement dreams due to decreased income and terrible market returns, I have been reading a lot of material that focuses on an increasing...
Why I Wish I Started An Internet Business In University
JB and I started My University Money the year after we graduated from university (I guess technically I’m still in university while I take a master’s degree in education). We both moved to rural areas and suddenly found ourselves with a lot of time on our hands, but...
Save Money At The Bar By Using Practiced Methods
I know most of you are wondering how it is possible to save money at the bar, especially since your guard goes down once you're a little buzzed and you forget all about frugality. It took me about three years to discover the pattern that was common among older...
How Does Chapters Compete With Amazon?
I’m not sure if the book store market near you is as cornered as the one I live in, but growing up near Winnipeg, MB, the monster chain of Chapters came in and destroyed the competition. We used to have a nice little locally-run bookstore named McNally Robinson. ...
The Black Market They Don't Make Movies About
When I read the words “Black Market” I immediately assume the author is referring to some sort of shady/illegal dealings. I think of the drug and weapons trade, as well as the money laundering that goes hand-in-hand with those two industries. Just the term itself...
Why You Might Want To Take a Full Course Load
JB has written some pretty insightful articles about how it can be beneficial to cut down on your course load a little bit, take an extra year or two to complete your academic journey, and use the time you freed up productively. There are definitely some advantages...
Brandon University Strike
As a site that purports to focus on post-secondary issues, with an eye towards finance, I simply couldn’t ignore the Brandon University strike any longer. For those of you that are unaware of the situation, the professors walked off the job on Oct.12 (a month and a...
The Power Of Rate My Professor
For those of you that have been blindly picking courses based on what someone’s second cousin thought, I am about to make your academic life a whole lot easier. Just to be right up front, we are receiving no compensation of any kind from rate my professor, I just...
Managing Your Impulsive Buying Habits
If you have been considering buying a tablet, you have for sure heard that RIM dropped the prices of their playbooks by $3oo dollars. Like many people I was very tempted to go right to the closest shopping center and pick one up,...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopping Tips and Deals
I hate shopping malls. In general, I actually don’t really like consumer culture at all (even less so as I get older and “wiser”). So you would think that I wouldn't be a huge fan of the biggest shopping day of the year. You would be wrong. I am definitely not a...
Book Review – Too Big To Fail By Andrew Sorkin
I tackled the book “Too Big To Fail” this week. Andrew Sorkin delivered a thorough blow-by-blow account of the 2008 financial crisis that is the definition of “insider’s view.” The only book I could think to compare it to would be, “Game Change” by Mark Halperin and...
Finding A Job And Where To Look For Your Next Job
We already have a couple of articles related to resumes, interview tips, and how to get a summer job. These articles contain good advice for their respective topic, but before those tips get put to practice, one needs to know where to look. Although it sounds simple...
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