Real estate continues to soften in Canada but is picking up steam in the US. Stocks were relatively flat but overall nudged up slightly. I’ve decided to finally add my US trading account to my net worth. There’s not much in there. It’s only worth maybe $30K, made up of different US companies like Starbucks, Caterpillar, and other… Read More »
January is when I adjust the value of my home. I determine the new price by taking my original purchase price in 2009 and add inflation to it every year. In 2012 the CPI in Canada for the entire year averaged out to roughly 1.6%. Last year my home was $248,000. This year I’m going to add the… Read More »
New year, new challenges. I will do my best to tackle the six financial goals listed below which are similar in nature to last year’s goals. I’ve also included 2 additional stretch goals. These stretch goals will be super challenging so I don’t except to achieve them but it would be a real bonus if I did :0)… Read More »
I hope everyone had a great holiday. December saw some good performance in the stock market. US economy added 155,000 jobs in December, unemployment rate stayed at 7.8 per cent. This means all the government stimulus and spending in the past has halted, and now the pressure is on the private sector to create jobs and generate new… Read More »
It seems like other bloggers are doing their year end goals reviews so here’s mine. In January I set out to accomplish 6 goals by the end of this year. Let’s see how I did. 1) Make at least $4,000 more than last year. (Pass) Got a small raise at work. But the biggest factor to this number is… Read More »
The tables are turning in North America. Canada’s economy, known to be one of the strongest ones in the developed world, has hit a road bump (o_O) And the US in turn is going full steam ahead! Real GDP in Canada in the 3rd quarter (July to Sept) only grew by 0.6% annualized. That means our economy pretty… Read More »