When we entrust money to a professional portfolio manager with billions of dollars under management we might assume that these people are better investors than you or I (^_^) After all they get paid huge salaries and oversee important private equity funds, mutual funds, or even pension funds like OMERS, CPP, California Public Employees, NY State Teachers, etc.… Read More »
Time to learn about each other 😀 Late last year I put up a poll on the site to survey how much total income people make. Thanks to everyone who voted (^_^) Here are the results below. This means over half of you make more than $80,000 a year! The median income for the group is somewhere in… Read More »
I think one financial problem that has plagued many people is losing their wallets. Some people put a lot of stuff in their wallets and when they lose it they have to replace multiple credit cards, Costco, Safeway, other membership cards or identifications, etc.. It’s a big hassle (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ But when I look at the pile of cards I have… Read More »
ONE of the easiest ways to make money is to seek opportunities where others are complaining about something. There is often a silver lining to every financial problem, and learning how to take advantage of that can be very profitable. 🙂 Here are 4 common financial problems I hear people constantly complain about and my solution to each… Read More »
My investment in Twinkies Last Friday I was watching the news and heard that Hostess was going out of business. If you’ve ever watched the movie Zombieland you’ll know that there are diehard Twinkies fans out there. Naturally I decided to buy some while I still can. So over the weekend I rushed to the Superstore, a Loblaw… Read More »
Do you have debt? Whether it’s $5,000 in credit card debt, $30,000 in student loans, or a $100,000 mortgage, debt can be stressful for many people. Well here are some things you can tell yourself to feel better about your debt 🙂 1) I’m in my mid twenties and I have over $230,000 of debt which includes a… Read More »