One of the most common topics in PF has got to be retirement. More specifically: early retirement. Just look at all the blogs whose writers advocate it. You might be led to think that retirement is the ultimate point of reaching financial independence — the two are conflated often enough, after all. Rewind to 8 …
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Personal finance blogging often devolves into a study of the petty. Through such a myopic lens, it becomes easy to debase humanity by viewing “the other” as homo economicus. The result can be the imposition of unreasonable expectations on ourselves, friends, and family. That’s not to say that horrible choices and bad attitudes should be met …
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Today’s post is from regular TiFi Reader and Commenter Su. Sara’s “Money-Stupid Anonymous” has been moved from Tuesdays to Fridays, but she’s taking a well-deserved break this week; look for Sara right here next Friday. I’ve been living with a frozen salary for the past three years. As a result, I’ve been finding myself increasingly constrained financially. Despite …
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“What Is Your Mother Worth” is a post by Adina J in which she explains why stupid questions will always have stupid answers. cJust in time for Mother’s Day last Sunday, a recent survey conducted on behalf of Walmart Canada found that Canadians would pay their mom an average annual salary of $161,287 for all of her …
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The desire to get married is an emotional need for many people. For some it’s a religious necessity. My views have evolved. I now see marriage as a confirmation of a couple’s love and a commitment to making their joint life work; not just for convenience or wealth-building, but for their future kids and the …
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It seems like yesterday that I announced the birth of my daughter, Catherine. In less than two weeks, she’ll be turning one year old. I’ve given a bit of thought as to what would be nice for her first birthday. First of all, I booked the day off. I’ve never booked a day off for …
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Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 4” comes from Value Indexer. VI writes about enjoying wealth in all its forms at Simply Rich Life, and about index fund ideas and research at Value Indexer. In the first three parts of this series, we’ve seen that Bitcoin is a new kind of currency, learned about its …
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“Savings Account Rehab” is a post by Adina J in which she confesses her secret addiction. My name is Adina, and I used to have an addiction: my savings account. OK, maybe “addicted” is the wrong term. Let’s try again. I am psychologically dependent on the concept of security as represented by the balance of my …
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Today marks the one-weekiversary of my life with roommates. For the past three months I’ve been riding solo in a four-bedroom house while desperately trying to locate good people (to keep my deal with my Mom to pass along rent money). By “good people” I mean roomies with whom I am likely to get along …
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#1: The Star Gets Called Out Two weeks ago, Susan Pigg of the Toronto Star wrote a laughably biased story that claimed the sky was falling on renters. Her piece was based on an anecdote, featuring a woman who — the piece didn’t disclose — works for a mortgage comparison service. In fairness to the …
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