Friday Links
on Nov 20, 2009 in Friday Links If you haven’t yet, be sure to enter Canadian Finance Blog’s Book Giveaway! You could be one of three lucky winners of either The Four Pillars of Investing, Stocks for the Long Run, or Winning the Loser’s Game. Contest ends today! Man Vs. Debt...

Manage Your Canadian Accounts With BudgetPulse
on Nov 19, 2009 in Budgeting Software Web Sites BudgetPulse is a money management website that could be a great way for you to report and budget based on all your Canadian accounts. It’s actually something that they DON’T do that makes it work so great for Canadians looking to track an...

Save Money This Christmas With LED Lights
on Nov 18, 2009 in Frugality Spending After thinking about it for the last couple of Christmases, this year we finally spent the money to get outdoor LED lights and an LED pre-lit Christmas tree. While LED lights can cost more upfront than traditional incandescent bulbs, this expense is...

5 Factors That Might Burst The Housing Bubble
on Nov 17, 2009 in Real Estate We are heading towards the end of 2009 and the Canadian real estate market is on fire. Record numbers of sold homes, record prices, bidding wars… All this is happening while we are coming out of the worst recession in 90 years, Canadians are lo...

The Psychological Effects Of Risk
on Nov 16, 2009 in Investing Portfolio When investing, the degree of risk that you assume will most often provide a better return over the long run. This is why a GIC will provide a lower return than investing in stocks. While the stocks are riskier and and can certainly leave you with lo...

Friday Links
on Nov 13, 2009 in Friday Links If you haven’t yet, be sure to enter Canadian Finance Blog’s Book Giveaway! You could be one of three lucky winners of either The Four Pillars of Investing, Stocks for the Long Run, or Winning the Loser’s Game. There’s one week le...

Clarifinancial Offers A New Way To Find Life Insurance In Canada
on Nov 12, 2009 in Insurance I recently found out that Clarifinancial is now set up for all the provinces in Canada. The reason I’m mentioning this is that they have made quite an impression in the US for their website, which lets people find life insurance in a way that&#...

Top 15 Ways to Save Money on Heating Your House
on Nov 11, 2009 in Frugality During another cold winter, your top priority is keeping warm on those long, frosty days, and the even longer frosty nights. However, when your power bill comes, to reveal just how much you actually spent heating your home over winter, it can be enou...

Canadian Finance Blog Book Giveaway
on Nov 10, 2009 in Book Reviews With the launch of the new Canadian Finance Blog, I thought we should have a giveaway of some of the best investing books for any do-it-yourself investor. Thanks to McGraw-Hill, there will be three lucky winners getting one book each. Consider subscr...

Carnival of Personal Finance #230 – New Site Edition
on Nov 9, 2009 in Carnival Welcome to Canadian Finance Blog and the 230th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance! Today is also the re-launch of Canadian Finance Blog, hope you like the new look! While you’re here, consider signing up for the RSS feed or email subscript...