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Building a Refinery In Canada – Why Not?
We’re going to take a break from our regularly scheduled personal finance programming today to ask a question that would indirectly affect the PF situation of all Canadians. With all the news about...
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Guess Who Wrote a Book?! – More Money for Beer and Textbooks
“Failure to Launch? Not if you read this book. It’s full of good suggestions for young adults trying to make it through college and university without getting crushed by debt.” -Rob Carrick,...
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Why Write a Book for Students?
In case you missed the launch of brand new book this week, or a sneak peak at the first chapter, go ahead and fill yourself in on all of the action! When we initially started tossing around the idea of...
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Why Target is Better Than Wal-Mart!
Editor’s Note: Please give a warm welcome to my fiancee’s (aka Mrs. TM) first foray into the blogosphere. When I asked her what the difference was between these two consumer goods giants that each...
View ArticleYakezie Carnival – March 31
The Yakezie Carnival is brought to you to by the network of personal finance bloggers of the Yakezie. You can submit articles at Blogger Carnivals. Jacob L @ Cash Cow Couple writes 22 Things I Won’t...
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Compound Interest In Your 20s and YOLO-ing
Every financial expert worth their salt has long ago memorized mantras like, “Pay yourself first,” and, “start savings while your young and watch your money grow.” In most cases when these...
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Try Globe Unlimited
As the writer of a site with “Thrifty” in its name I don’t usually find myself advocating for spending money on things that you can find for free elsewhere. I was pretty skeptical when the Globe and...
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Halfway Point – 2013 Predictions
After realizing that we had passed the halfway point of 2013 I hesitantly clicked back to the predictions I made six short months ago. Making predictions in a public forum is always a risky venture...
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The Economics of Legalizing Marijuana – Watching Our Federal Debt Go Up In Smoke
“Ever see 41 Billion Dollars?…. On Weed!” You are about to read a blog post about a Canadian teacher advocating for marijuana to be legalized. That might have been a lot more noteworthy a few months...
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5 More Reasons to Deactivate Facebook
A little over a year ago, I posted an article on 9 Reasons to Deactivate Facebook. Since then, a lot has happened. Facebook went public, the founder married his college sweetheart, and their ads just...
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Globe Unlimited – Special Offer
Ah, September. Contrary to conventional wisdom – which takes its cue from nature – I’ve never felt that fall was a time of endings and conclusions. Instead, September always seemed a change to start...
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Tax Deductions On Rental Property Income In Canada
After looking into real estate and if it was truly a viable option in Canada today, I decided that I had better understand some of the tax code associated with the income you get from being a landlord....
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Should I Buy Mortgage Life Insurance?
“So I assume you’ll be wanting mortgage life insurance as well then?” And with these neat little phrase hundreds (if not thousands) of people instantly feel compelled to make an inefficient purchase (I...
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How to Fight and Beat a Speeding Ticket In Canada
I tackle today’s topic with a hint of trepidation. After all, I’m basically advocating for people to not obey traffic laws. Before we get into how to most efficiently beat a traffic ticket I should...
View ArticleA Look Back at 2013 Predictions and Holiday Greetings
Happy Holidays everyone! I’d like to take this opportunity to quickly thank the Young and Thrifty community for making 2013 a year to remember (kind of… sometimes it was whizzing by so fast I’m not...
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What Does 2014 Have Instore? My Crystal Ball Says…
I should point out that I’m an index investor and that I wouldn’t “bet the farm” on these insights. All the same, it’s kind of fun to see how your predictions stack up against those made by all the...
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15 Steps to Knowing Personal Finance as Well as Eh Canadian
Canadians are some of the biggest personal finance buffs in the world. Everyone says so. I mean what other conclusions can you draw given that our media keeps telling us that our net worth numbers...
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9 Reasons Why a $2 Billion Luxury Toy Is Worth It
A few billion dollars just doesn’t stretch as far as it used to anymore. Over the past couple of weeks, one tech titan has announced they are willing to buy a fancy headphones company for over $3...
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6 Non-Traditional Steps to Becoming a Canadian Millionaire In Today’s Market
1) DON’T Go to University Wait – my parents, teachers, guidance counsellors and the janitor all told me that the path to success in Canada ALWAYS went straight through the mythical land of university....
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Can You Live Debt-Free?
So I have something to admit. I’ve been participating in this super cool online video thing with some really smart people, and I haven’t done nearly enough to let people know about it. Unless you...
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