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Getting Involved On Campus – The Benefits Are Great
Almost anyone can go to school, and if they work hard on campus, they can get the grades required to get a degree or diploma of some kind. When it comes to the real world and people are applying for different jobs, a high GPA doesn't always guarantee you a position....
The 1st Annual My University Money Scholarship Contest!
So last month we made our first Google cheque! This means that enough people have clicked on our advertising to provide us with our first $100 check from the Big G. While this is a cool milestone for us, we weren’t exactly sure what to do with the cash. We knew...
Why The Stock Market Crash Is Not The End of The World
I personally love watching the evening news just from a purely entertainment standpoint. I’ve had a couple close relatives that worked in the media field, so I can say with a fair amount of certainty that many of the reporters and anchormen/women that you see on the...
How I Decided To Buy A New Car
Now I realize I am going into dangerous territory here when I try to defend myself when I decided to buy a new car on a personal finance website. Especially when I wrote a guest post a couple months ago talking about the benefits of buying a used car! Yes, I had done...
Why Work When You Can Get Scholarships?
As Teacher Man said in his article about Free Money: Scholarships, Bursaries, and Grants, school is expensive any way you look at it. Some of us are lucky to have summer jobs that pay for half of the costs of the upcoming school year, let alone all of it. So if you...
The Rise of The Loonie – Good or Bad?
I’m going shopping in the States next weekend (or to be more precise, I will stroll around aimlessly while my girlfriend goes shopping in the States next weekend) and I can’t wait to take advantage of this crazy high Canadian dollar (vicariously). If you don’t live...
Financial Literacy
The Globe and Mail reported today that Ontario has decided to take “major steps” forward in addressing the lack of financial literacy that is taking place in our public school system. I have written about this topic before, and it continues to astound me that we are...
Gas Prices At All Time Highs? Could Have Fooled Me!
With summer upon as and gas prices reaching their usual summer heights, I find it interesting to hear people talk about how gas is at all time highs. If measured in absolute dollars then people are obviously right. The problem with that measurement is that by that...
Should I Live Alone? Or Live With A Roommate?
When you are moving into university there are a few options you can take: Move into a single apartment Moving in with friends Moving in with nearby family Moving into residence If you live close enough, just stay at home. Each one has its pros and cons and I will go...
Joining The Yakezie Challenge
When I started giving myself my crash course on personal finance a few years ago, I became pretty familiar with this weird little three petal flower-badge thing that kept popping up on the majority of sites I enjoyed. Every site that had this graphic on their sidebar...
What To Bring To Residence
Life after high school can be pretty exciting, especially if you know you're going to be living in residence when you go to college or university. Residence is a place where there are hundreds of people your age doing the same thing. Chances are you will meet some...
Canada Post, The Strike, and The New Reality
I realize that anytime the government stares down and tries to “break” a union strike there are going to be some strong opinions on both sides. So at the risk of offending people here are my thoughts on the current Canada Post situation. I would love to be shown...
Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Book Review
A couple weeks ago I wrote a review on my favourite personal finance book: The Wealthy Barber. I have read many more personal finance books, and some probably give overall better advice than that found in Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki; however, the main idea...
Debt Consolidation
Much like my “Coffee-a-Day” article, no personal finance site would be complete without an article done on debt consolidation. The truth is that this relatively simple set of principles can save you a lot of money, especially when you are young and taking on a...
Are You Using Linkedin?
When you graduate from university most people either jump right into the workforce, or travel for a while. Many wonder if they should take a gap year after university, but eventually you'll start your career and then it's the same thing day-in and day-out until you...
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