Personal Finance 101: Deflation and You
Michael writes:I’ve read several articles recently that claim the United States is headed into a period of deflation, but they made it sound like that was bad news. The way I understand it, deflation means lower prices for everyone. How can that b...
Review: The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets
Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book.Peter Schiff is a huge pessimist about the future of the economy, and because of that, he’s probably the perfect person to write this book.The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Ma...
Reader Mailbag #37
Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask it in the comments. You might also enjoy the archive of ...
A Word On Business Cards
I attend tons of events, networking parties and all that jazz, one thing in common is coming back with a pocket full of business cards.Some are big, some are small, some are normal, some are fancy. By and large, it doe...
My 26th Birthday
Most people I've heard turning 26 rue the day because they've already "started to feel old."There's a lot of funny things that start happening ...
The Silver Lining To The Dark Financial Cloud
I bet this whole financial mess has made everyone of you open your eyes and question your wants, question your income, question your money management (or the lack of it), question your expenses, question your investment strategies, question your job secur...
Making Money Online Through Affiliate Programs
Have any of you made money online through blog affiliate programs? If so, which ones did you use?I'm testing out sugar's new affiliate program called "ShopStyle." I really doubt I'll make any money off of it, but it's worth a shot....
97 New Ways to Save Money (from DR Readers)
One year ago I wrote an article about 51 painless money saving tips. It was a simple enough article with a bunch of ideas on how to save some money without making huge sacrifices. The response was stupendous. There have been countless comments to the a...
Ideas for your Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)
When the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) was announced in Budget 2008, the Government called it “an RRSP for everything else in your life”. While the TFSA provides tax sheltering just like a RRSP or a RESP, the flexibility it offers will justi...
The Dollar Wise Blog is up at the Dallas Morning News
At the beginning of this week DallasNews.com, the website of the Dallas Morning News newspaper, began the Dollar Wise Blog as a “conversation about the best and most creative ways to save a buck in tough times.”The posts so far are quick reads...
Back to Basics: Reduce your debt
Being in debt simply means that at one point you borrowed money to fund some purchase, and are now paying it back over time. (For the purpose of this post, I’m not going to lump in “profitable” or “good” debt that is us...
Easy $20 for ING checking customers
ING wants to pay you to use your Debit card ... If you have an Electric Orange Checking with ING Direct you are eligible to receive $20 from them. All you have to do is use your debit card 5 times during November (purchases more than $10 each) and they...
How to make homemade air freshener
I am always looking for organic or natural solutions to the chemically base products from the store. This week I found a good video that shows you how to make natural air freshener. The great thing about the two recipes they mention is that they are ve...
Always good to know what is behind you
As can be seen from this actual photo my daughter took this weekend, it’s always good to see what is behind you. The T-Rex looks quite vicious doesn’t it? If you are driving on Highway 6 near Hamilton you’ll know which T-Rex I mean.Finan...
We Shall Remember
Today in Canada is Remembrance Day where the citizens of Canada thank the Veteran’s of all wars for their sacrifice and thank them for what they have done for all Canadians and for many others world wide. As a teenager I wanted to be a fighter pilo...
Nortel a Dinosaur?
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