Happy New Year, all! I can’t believe it’s already 2012. I know that it is already January 9, but this is also the first roundup I do in the new year. Did you enjoy the holidays and the new year? Here are some recent posts at Invest It Wisely that you may have missed: 5 [...]
Archive for the tag 'Canada'
11 Comments Kevin on Jan 9th 2012
The winners of the $300 Christmas giveaway have been drawn and paid! I would like to thank all of the winners for participating, and my fellow sponsors for being very generous and helping out with this giveaway. The Winners Michelle S. ($100 via PayPal; $100 to the charity of their choice) My Own Advisor (Courtesy [...]
8 Comments Kevin on Jan 4th 2012
It’s now December, and Christmas is slowly drawing nearer. A holiday spirit is starting to fill the air, and it will soon be the holidays. I have personally just finished my last exam, so I feel more relaxed than I did last week! I will have vacations from work starting in two weeks, and then [...]
120 Comments Kevin on Dec 2nd 2011
Filed under Growing Your Wealth,Healthy Living,Miscellaneous,Real Estate,Saving Your Money
How to Find the Home of Your Dreams
I moved into my first home with my girlfriend in January, this year. We had been looking for a place for nearly a year before that, and there were many questions that came to mind as we were searching: What is the area like? What will the commute be like? Will we be able to [...]
25 Comments Kevin on Nov 28th 2011
Filed under Miscellaneous
Happy Thanksgiving!
For my American readers to the south, happy Thanksgiving! (We celebrated it more than a month ago here in Canada, because it is simply too cold at this time of year. There is already snow cover on the ground now.) What are your plans for this Thanksgiving weekend, and Black Friday? I don’t think we [...]
11 Comments Kevin on Nov 24th 2011
The following is a guest post by Genworth Financial. Here’s a staggering statistic; at least 70% of people over age 65 will require some long-term care and 40% of people under age 65 already require long-term care. Faced with numbers like those, it’s safe to assume that at some point either you or a loved [...]
2 Comments Guest on Nov 19th 2011
Filed under Miscellaneous,Saving Your Money
Where I Spend My Dollar
20′s Finances wants to know where bloggers spend their money. For this post, I have assumed that my net income after taxes and not including bonuses (with a company not doing so great, there won’t be many of these anyways) is equal to $1.00. I then put all of my expenses on that. For things like [...]
33 Comments Kevin on Nov 14th 2011
Filed under Growing Your Wealth,Investing,Miscellaneous,Opinion,Philosophy
I Didn’t Know Squat About Finances when I Was in College
Roshawn Watson recently wrote a very interesting post on why young people are avoiding investing their money in record numbers. He outlines three main reasons: fear, ignorance, and inexperience. As a (still) young person, myself, I can relate to all three of these reasons. In my own experience, ignorance has been the predominant reason why I [...]
34 Comments Kevin on Nov 9th 2011
Online poker has been a big time hit with all sorts of poker players around the country. Events like the World Series of Poker have brought in players from different parts of the world. Now lots of people are taking up poker online and offline. Some people have even managed to make a nice living [...]
No Comments Guest on Oct 23rd 2011
