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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“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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“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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#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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Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 1” 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. You’ve probably heard a lot about Bitcoin, the nascent online currency. A Bitcoin acts a lot like a real currency, in …
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“Spend Less/Earn More” is a post by Adina J in which she picks sides in the PF feud. The PF world is divided into many camps, usually deeply polarized ones. One of the more interesting of these polarities is represented by the spend less/earn more contingents. Occasionally, you might get a blogger who focuses equally …
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The average Canadian is obsequious (famously observed by Control Your Cash). A few of us break free from our hegemonic leftist intellectual shackles. Those who do tend to realize, among other important facts, that Canadians pay too much tax. After including EI and the mandatory, under-performing pension, it’s a safe to claim that I longingly stare …
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“Would You Date Somebody with Debt?” is a post by Adina J in which she takes a look at the (apparently hypocritical) Canadian dating scene. 47% of Canadians are hypocrites. “Whoa,” you may be thinking, “did Adina wake up on the wrong side of the bed today? And how the heck did she come up …
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“Tracking Expenses, deuxième partie” is a post by Adina J in which she confesses to picking up an old habit again. Back in August 2012, I wrote about my decision to stop tracking expenses. Readers warned me that I might find the habit hard to break. I’ve decided to start tracking my family’s expenses again. “I told you …
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“Lean in and Listen” is a post by Adina J in which she explains why Sheryl Sandberg is (kinda) her new hero. Working mothers have it tough these days. People relish telling us what we’re doing wrong (short answer: everything), so you will understand my knee-jerk reaction to a recent Macleans cover headline telling working …
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