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What To Do After Bankruptcy

If you have done any reading about personal bankruptcy, you know that while bankruptcy eliminates your consumer debts, it also damages…

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Your Debt Collection Questions Answered

Surprisingly, even financially stable people have debts with collections agencies. With life’s ups and downs, it’s easy for a phone…

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Why You Should Keep Your New Year’s Financial Resolution

With the transition into a new year, many make hopeful resolutions. Some of the more common ones are to lose…

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Jack Choros

Understanding your Canadian Pay Stub

Whether you’re salaried or paid hourly, it’s important to know and understand the information on your pay stub. It’s a…

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Miral Naik

The great wealth transfer

The great bequeathment is here! Baby Boomers are set to transfer a colossal quantity of wealth. They’ll be transferring almost…

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Mubina Kapasi

Employee Assistance Programs: What is it, and how to make the most of it

Employee Assistance Programs, or EAPs, are comprehensive workplace benefits offered to employees. The main goal of EAPs is to support…

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Miral Naik

How the CRA was hacked

In the summer of 2023, more than 60,000 CRA accounts were hacked and used to submit fake tax returns, according…

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Sandy Yong

Drip pricing: A Deceptive Marketing Tactic

Drip pricing is a pricing strategy in which a company initially advertises a product or service at a low price,…

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Employment and immigration: A balancing act

How are employment and immigration connected? There is an inherent correlation between how fast our population grows (including immigrants) and…

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Miral Naik

The Lipstick Index: Interesting, but take it at face value

The Lipstick Index is an unconventional economic indicator. It suggests sales of affordable luxury goods, particularly lipstick, increase during times…

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Making the most of Canada’s tax holiday

The Canadian government has announced a temporary GST/HST holiday tax break from December 14, 2024, to February 15, 2025. This…

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Canadians Planning to Spend More on Holiday Shopping 2024

Canadians are ready and excited for 2024 holiday shopping. The Retail Council of Canada (RCC) issued their annual Holiday Shopping…

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Miral Naik

Financial Literacy: What we know and how we feel

Our financial systems are getting increasingly complex, both here in Canada and across the globe. To navigate this complex landscape,…

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Miral Naik

The soft-savings trend: Smart or Senseless?

At first glance, the new soft-saving trend might seem irresponsible and frivolous. Looking deeper there’s some substance to behold to…

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Financial Literacy Month: How behaviours and attitudes impact financial well-being

The increasing complexity of finances has made financial literacy more important than ever. A solid base of financial knowledge undoubtedly…

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Miral Naik

A global look at financial literacy

Financial literacy is essential in today’s complex financial world. It’s considered a core life skill needed to empower individuals and…

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Talking about Financial Literacy Month 2024!

For 14 years now, Canada has claimed November as Financial Literacy Month (FLM). Each of those years, the Financial Consumer…

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The viral underconsumption core trend explained

Underconsumption core is a recent trend that has gained social traction on TikTok and other forms of social media. This…

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Miral Naik

Beware of credit repair

All too often people get caught not thinking about their credit until it’s too late. The toughest part is, it’s…

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Gifting a down payment – What you need to know

Some people may find buying a home daunting. The financial requirements for closing on a house can be overwhelming. In…

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Adeola Ojierenem

CIPF: A saftey net for investment accounts

There’s a new kid on the block in the world of financial protections for Canadians. As of January 1st, 2023,…

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Halloween Spending Facts 2024

Canadians are getting ready for Halloween 2024. They are excited about dressing up in fancy costumes and decorating their homes…

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John Albertini

Should you keep credit cards open if you aren’t using them?

Should you keep unused credit cards active? Whether you use a corporate card or a personal one, credit cards can…

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Jessica Morgan

Household budgets and personal finance: What role will AI play?

Ever since AI was introduced, it captured public interest and attention. At this stage, AI tools are already offering solutions…

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Miral Naik

4 Keys to a debt-free life

Are you battling with debt? You’re far from alone! Elevated interest rates can ensnare you in a relentless cycle of…

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John Albertini

Loud Budgeting 101: The New Financial Trend, Explained

Loud budgeting is a new financial trend that has found popularity on social media. This is a trend that normalizes…

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Miral Naik

Fraudulent financial activity in Canada: What it is and what you can do about it

Following a global trend of increases in suspected fraud attempts, fraudulent transactions are on the rise in Canada. Fraud affects…

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Miral Naik

Back-to-School Spending 2024

Back to school is here! Check out our infographic below to get schooled on all our latest trends. Learn how…

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John Albertini

Great news for the mind and wallet, tax exemptions now include psychotherapy

The Government of Canada announced that the list of tax exemptions is growing to include psychotherapy counselling services. As of…

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John Albertini

2024 First-Half Scholarship Winner

The winner Congratulations to our 2024 First-Half Scholarship winner, N’danet Balde! Please enjoy reading her winning essay below. We had…

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Greedflation, fact or fiction? You decide.

Most of us are, let’s say, all too familiar with what inflation is, but have you heard of its sneaky…

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Planning for the shifting retirement age

There’s an adage that goes 30 is the new 20. Another version of this saying is that 50 is the…

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Mubina Kapasi

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