Some of my best personal finance advice – so you don’t have to make the same...
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. Some of my best personal finance advice – so you don’t have to make the same mistakes I did! Human behaviour is a funny thing. Some folks like to talk a big...
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Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. As part of my weekend reading recently, I found this article by Gail Vaz-Oxlade about 9 money mistakes. I thought I would take Gail’s quiz and here are my...
View Article5 signs you’re a financial disaster
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. Managing money is simple but it doesn’t mean it’s easy. I’ve been guilty of some of these things in the past. I wasn’t off the rails but close enough to...
View ArticleGreat income and no financial literacy – what you can learn from this
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. The Financial Facelift articles in the Globe and Mail are usually pretty interesting – and a recent one got my attention. A recent edition of this series...
View ArticleHow I used to sabotage my portfolio
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. How I used to sabotage my portfolio Some recent reader questions prompted me to update this post – let’s go! Dedicated readers of this site will know I spend...
View ArticleAfter the golden rule of personal finance follow these ones
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. Let’s be blunt, you can likely sum up personal finance into a few principles: Pay yourself first. Spend less than you make. You can add in “invest the...
View ArticleSeven Smart Investing Principles for Everyone
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. Last fall, I obtained a copy of this document from PWL Capital entitled Seven Principles of Smart Investing. After reading this through this white paper I...
View Article10 Saving and Investing Truths
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. To quote the late Dr. W. Edwards Deming, a world famous author and quality management guru: “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t...
View ArticleShare your big fat investing mistakes
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. I’ve written this before on my site but it’s worth repeating: you usually don’t succeed in life without falling down flat on your face a few times. I recall...
View ArticleMy personal finance a-ha moments
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor. I spend a lot of time using My Own Advisor to share what’s working with our financial plan and how incremental money management changes are moving us towards...
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