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Good Day Everyone! Made a couple trades in the last couple weeks (which is unusual) but I’ll be going through them and summarizing the portfolio. Trade #1 – Sold Ceapro and Bought Mogo After another disappointing quarter, I decided that maybe the turnaround that I was waiting for wasn’t going to come. So I decided
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Good day everyone! In my last post, I opened up my portfolio to you guys and today I’m going even more micro. I’ll be opening up our family day to day chequing account in order to illustrate my view on emergency funds, investing, and managing household finances in general. Each month I list out all
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Hey Everyone, Thank you so much for taking some time out of your day to read my blog. I only have one mission on here, and that is to help you find your Options to Riches whether that is through budgeting, investing, or various financial tools. I go through my own real life examples of
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Good Day Everyone, As you know, I like to recommend robo-advisor services like Wealth Simple for most people because it takes away all of the emotions and decision making that can cripple many DIY investors. However, some of my most popular posts are from the Stock of the Month Series which tells me there are
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Good Day Everyone! Finally after 10 months I’m back! Wedding planning was incredibly stressful and I don’t wish that on anyone but at last it’s over and I’m happily married! I wish I could return to blogging with a happier topic but unfortunately I can’t. Today is a sad day for many Canadians as Sears,
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Good Day Everyone, As promised, today’s post is a recap of all my previous stock of the month picks. It’ll include the total return since my writing about it and a brief update on how I feel about the company. 1) Extendicare (EXE) Date of Mention- September 1, 2016 Price at Mention – $8.48 Dividend Income Since
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Good Day Everyone, As some of you readers may already know, I’m in the middle of planning my wedding in September. As such, we’ve discussed many aspects of our future lives together, with finances being a significant part of that discussion. In my opinion, it is a must for all couples contemplating marriage to discuss how
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Good Day Everyone, I’m going to continue on the theme of communication and finances because I strongly believe that it’s the most important thing you can do. Yesterday morning, I was listening to the radio on the way in to work. The topic of their conversation was whether or not it’s OK to discuss your
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Good Day Everyone, Lately I’ve been writing more about things like investing and stock picks, but today I’ll bring it back to the foundation of personal finance. One of the reasons why my logo is a weightlifter is because I find there are so many parallels between managing your money and getting in shape. Allow
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Good Day Everyone, Sorry I haven’t posted in a couple weeks, it’s year end at my work and it’s been busy at home as well with the wedding planning. I’m back though, and it’s time for another Stock of the Month. Today we’re looking at Telus. Most of you reading this should be familiar with
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