The following post is by staff writer Teacher Man, who writes at My University Money. The financial industry makes a mint of throwing buzzwords as people that are financially illiterate. How many times do we see financial planners throw around the term “diversification” as if it were not merely one of the Ten Commandments, but first… [Read More]
Weekend Reading: H&R Block Canada Review and Giveaway Edition
Happy weekend, everyone! Still haven’t done your taxes yet? No sweat; this roundup also includes a giveaway of five licenses for H&R Block’s tax filing software, for use online for both Mac & PC, or as a download for your PC desktop! See below for details. Pros Online access for Mac and Windows, and a downloadable… [Read More]
Weekend Reading: Spring Is Coming Edition
It might be -15C as I write this, but it’s been a mild week overall, and I feel that spring is coming. Sometimes I hear the birds singing in the air, heralding the coming end of winter and good times to come. Am I just imagining it? Or will this frost be over, soon? 🙂… [Read More]
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… [Read More]
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… [Read More]