European Travel – How Much Does a Two-Month Trip Cost?
by You’re thinking that you would like to take a trip to Europe. You’re retired and you no longer have to cram as much as you …
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The Past Week’s Favourite Reads — April 4-10, 2016
Wants vs. needs: How actual retirees manage their money – Globe and Mail, Thursday, April 7 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/ask-a-retiree-for-good-retirement-advice/article29557330/ Rob Carrick examines a report published by the …
Book Synopsis & Takeaways – New Rules of Retirement: What Your Financial Advisor Isn’t Telling You
Book Synopsis & Takeaways – New Rules of Retirement: What Your Financial Advisor Isn’t Telling You – By Warren MacKenzie and Ken Hawkins Synopsis: McKenzie …
Striking a Budget and Tracking Your Expenses – Part 3 of 3 – My Expense Items and Categories with a Little Bit of Income Tracking Talk Thrown In
by I can’t really recall exactly when I decided that we should start tracking our expenses and setting a budget every year. But it did turn …
The Past Week’s Favourite Reads — March 28-April 3, 2016
Cable TV or bundle bills out of control? Insiders reveal how to fight for discounts – CBC News, Friday, April 1 http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cable-tv-internet-bills-discounts-customers-savings-1.3514746 Sophia Harris offers …
Striking a Budget and Tracking Your Expenses – Part 2 of 3 – The Basics of Budgeting and Tracking (Updated)
The first task is to figure out exactly how much after tax income you will have coming in for the year. This tells you how …
Striking a Budget and Tracking Your Expenses – Part 1 of 3 – Everyone Should Be Doing It
Beginning to strike a yearly budget and track our family expenses, many years ago was far-and-away the single most important money decision we have ever …
The Past Week’s Favourite Reads — March 21-27, 2016
Budget week. I did a lot of financial reading in the Globe and Mail. The Liberal deficit slays one elephant. Time for a second: Raising …
The Past Week’s Favourite Reads — February 29-March 6, 2016
$2,000 a month is plenty to retire on in these countries – Globe and Mail Carrick on Money Newsletter, Friday, March 4 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/2000-a-month-is-plenty-to-live-on-in-these-countries/article28996552/ Article by Rob …
Lifestyle, I’m Hoping To Still Have One In Retirement
What is lifestyle? According to my computer’s built in dictionary it is simply “the way in which a person lives” – a definition sufficiently vague …