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Gold and Market Bubbles
With gold prices still amongst their all-time highs, even after a serious market correction last week, many are wondering if now is the time to get out of gold? The idea that many investors including myself have, is that gold is one of the ridiculous market bubbles...
What Courses Do I Sign Up For If I Don't Know What I Want To Do?
By now you have probably signed up for your university courses. Most students have a basic idea for what they want to do in school, but many do not. Luckily at the University of Manitoba they have a thing called University 1, which is a program that is mandatory for...
Hedge Fund Managers Would Be Great at Fantasy Football
I realized some time ago that for a guy who was never particularly good at math, I am semi-obsessive about statistical analysis. When I was a kid I loved memorizing sports stats of all kinds. If I would have read Michael Lewis’ “Moneyball” or Freakonomics as a...
Public Vs Private Secondary Schools
“After teaching in the public school system, I am honestly considering sending my kids to a private school” I have probably raised a few eyebrows with the comments I have made on our site here at My University Money, as well as those I have made on comment boards...
Party Hard, Save Hard
Ok, university and college Freshmen (or “freshies” as you will now be referred to) listen up. With school back in session the next few weeks, there will be a temptation to consume copious amounts of adult beverages and generally let off some steam with people of your...
Book Review – Liar's Poker By Michael Lewis
This book review could probably be summed up in one sentence: After reading Liar's Poker I immediately went to my Amazon account and purchased 5 more Michael Lewis books! I thought that this insider’s account of life on Wall Street was absolutely fascinating. It...
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...
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