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 »
We sometimes hear about how Canada’s debt is over $600 billion, and it’s going to hit new highs in the next couple of years, and how it’s so unfair to leave all this massive debt to future generations. But I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. I’m sure in the 1980’s when our parents were younger,… Read More »
The correlation between having money and being gay Read an interesting article from the Huffingtonpost about how gay Americans are financially more secure than the average American. (huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/06/gay-people-more-financially-secure_n_2249677.html) According to the survey of more than 1,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people by Prudential, a financial services company, the average LGBTQ household earns $61,500 annually, which is more… Read More »
Last week I wrote about how people spend over $3,000 a year on impulse shopping. If we wish to spend less money and time, but still add value to what we purchase we have to understand how the passing of time will affect our perceptions of what we buy. Maybe you’re smart and are already doing this (^_^) But did you… Read More »
Members of both the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a union merger. Together, they would have over 300,000 members across various economic sectors. So chances are, you probably know someone who will be affected by this 🙂 The thing is union membership in Canada has fallen to… Read More »
Affordability doesn’t always mean cheap vs expensive prices. If a gallon of milk is cheaper in the US than in Canada that doesn’t automatically mean milk is more affordable for Americans, although in this case that does seem to be true (>_<) What I mean though is that affordability can also refer to our purchasing power in a local economy.… Read More »