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Can we stop pretending any financial advice is ‘unbiased’?
Sometimes I like to sit in the morning, sip my coffee and think about a time I was blissfully unaware of the 60 different financial designations that exist here in Canada. It’s fun to rant about the financial industry, but that’s not really what I’m in the mood for...
Submarines and the importance of conversation
I was in a lovely bookstore a few weeks ago browsing through the kids section…. because books with awesome pictures are the best books. #fact And I stumbled across a book about things that were under the sea. Every page had a theme of underwater things, and one of...
Borrowell Review: Fast, Fair, and Friendly Loans + Free Credit Scores
“Make financial services fast, fair, and friendly.” Turns out that you don’t need a large, expensively-maintained branch location in order to lend people money. You don’t need lines, multiple appointments, and confusing jargon either! With leading Canadian...
A Love Letter To Financial Planning (from an opera singing farmboy)
A few years ago I can honestly say I had given zero thought to what constituted a ‘financial planner’. I honestly didn’t care. A financial planner seemed like something for other people. People with tons of money and complicated financial situations. They were for...
11 Free Things You’ll Miss Out On If You Don’t Attend The Canadian Financial Summit
1) All of the housing stuff Seriously… all of it. There is no hotter topic in Canada today than what the heck is going on in real estate, and we’ve got it covered from all angles. Desirae Odjick has handcrafted a resource that explains precise step-by-step...
Top 5 Credit Cards for Millennials
Sure, “millennials” include everyone from a 32-year-old born in 1985 to a 17-year-old applying to university, but there are still some common factors between them – and that means credit card advice aimed at Baby Boomers isn’t always going to help millennials get...
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