Whenever you go to a store or a dealership the salespeople focus in. They have their defined list of tactics to get the sale. Don’t be fooled by their tricks and be cautious about who you trust with your money:

Calls you by your first name often – By using your first name they are trying to establish some trust with [...]

It’s quite common in the personal finance community to be “hating” on the extended warranties. Some of the main points people make about warranties are the “warranty costs more then the item” and “if it breaks it will do it within the first 6 months and will be covered under standard warranty”. Now I don’t necessarily disagree with these statements [...]

Monday night was the beginning of a 20 hour shift for me. I started at 10PM Monday and finished at 6PM Tuesday.  This isn’t the first time I’ve worked these sort of hours  and probably won’t be the last. The hours are somewhat excessive so I’m never surprised when I get asked “Why do you do it?”.
Why I do it..
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There always seems to be a lot of confusion about what an account type is and what an investment type is. People seem to think that the only thing they can get is an RRSP savings account or an RRSP GIC and don’t fully understand how those are different than a regular Savings account or GIC. Hopefully this will clarify [...]