“Why Buy Permanent Life Insurance? Part I” is the first half of a two-part series of guest posts by insurance expert Glenn Cooke. Glenn has written about various insurance topics, including permanent life insurance, for Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s blog (among many other well-known sites). He recently contributed to this book. Comment with your questions about permanent …
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TD Bonus – Stage 1 About two months ago I wrote about my plan to get a TD bonus of $250 for opening a new chequing account. The chequing account in question is TD Canada Trust’s extremely expensive “Select Service” account. I described how I planned to open the account, earn the bonus, and minimize fees …
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///How to Call 911 Correctly/// Before talk about basic safety information, I want to discuss my solution to gun crime that I proposed last week. For the record, I wrote the article before I learned of the brutal tragedy in Colorado. The article was automatically published before I even woke up that morning. But my …
Continue Reading...Guess who has a guest post featured on Boomer and Echo (one of Canada’s eminent personal finance blogs) TODAY? Yup, this guy. Check it out! It’s my first guest post ever, anywhere. Unless you count my voluminous, incomprehensible comments on other blogs. If you’re a cool guy/gal, please go there and like+tweet++1+comment to demonstrate I don’t …
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My partner and I recently received a really, really nice Klaussner dining set – a table, a matching buffet/hutch, and six chairs. Each piece in the set had some minor damage in the form of scratches and gouges. Since it was such a nice table, I wanted to restore it to its original glory. Is …
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“Personal Finance Blogs and the Battle of the Sexes” is a post by freelance writer and TimelessFinance contributor Adina J. Of the handful of personal finance blogs that I follow daily, a few are written by men – this one included. They are well-written, insightful and generally thought-provoking, which is why I keep reading them. …
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Today’s article about managing expired makeup is a guest post by Kathy. She’s contributed to TimelessFinance before on the topics of frugal clothing and inexpensive hair care. Since she seems to be TF’s resident style guru, her writing will be featured in a (currently irregular) series called “Frugal in Pink”. Not to say Adina J couldn’t …
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I keep my Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) money in cash. It’s actually kind of embarrassing. How can I hope to get decent TFSA rates of return if I scatter my money among meager vessels of usury? (Spoiler: my average return, in savings accounts and a guaranteed investment, is about 3.5%!) [Check out the Best …
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///Ending Canada’s Gun Violence/// In Toronto there was a horrific act of gun violence this week: a mass-shooting. Two people are dead. More than twenty were injured, including an infant hit by a bullet. The media response has been pathetic. It’s been a perfect example of Canada’s spineless discourse on gun crime and our society’s …
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Preface: Part 3 of this Guide is WRONG I’ll leave it up as a memorial to the facts that (1) I can be incorrect and, as I say in the article, (2) you should always seek professional advice. You can only earn a maximum of a $1,000 CESG (Canada Education Savings Grant) in a given …
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