My loathing of having to go to my local bank branch has caused me to review one of my rules about using banking apps on wireless devices (and using wireless phone networks). Every bank now offers “free… Read More »Cheques, Cameras and Banking Apps
Remembrance Day passed Wednesday, for some it is a solemn day of reflection, for others a day off. As I have mentioned before, I work with former military folks, and I certainly thank them for their service to the country. I was also glad that it didn’t rain on the folks in downtown Ottawa.
It is Friday the 13th today, so for those concerned about bad karma or bad luck, tread carefully and hopefully the day will pass with little or few major catastrophes. For those of you still buoyed by the election results here is something to put things in perspective from MacLean’s Magazine Chart of the day: How much do MPs earn? They don’t include their expense accounts either.
Remember that November is financial literacy month and you should be looking for posts and tweets with the hash tags #FLM2015 and #CountMeInCA on them. There has been some great stuff already posted, so keep watching and see what other useful things you can learn about money and finances.
My Writings for Week Ending November 13th
I did write something this week that is important, and that is about the Disability Tax Credit Certificate, and how to reapply, please make sure you pass this info on to anyone who you think might need advice in that area:
Time to Re-apply for the Disability Tax Credit Certificate outlines the steps we are taking to reapply for a Disability Tax Credit Certificate, to allow my son to continue to receive the benefits he has been for the past few years. ASDFunding.com is a great site to help folks out in this area, and they really should be the first stop for anyone looking for help in this area.
One of my favorite archive posts is My Top 5 Investing Mistakes, which I remembered after reading over a similar post on My Own Advisor
Facebook Post of the Week
Remember that Vanguard really is one of the 800 pound gorillas that the market is going to listen to if they start flexing their collective might in the board room, but how do they represent their ETF shareholders best interests? Interesting quandary.
Do you realize that November is Financial Literacy month here in Canada? This means more interesting articles this month from some of your favorite authors banging home some of the more important topics in Financial Literacy. A good month to start reading some new finance sites and learning more about things you might not know enough about.
It’s a bold move on Mr. Trudeau’s part to have chosen a Cabinet that is made up of half women. However, only time will tell how successful this decision will be. The new finance minister undoubtedly has a tough challenge ahead of him. He must choose between blaming the previous government for leaving an empty treasury or resorting to creative accounting. Sadly, this is a common practice among elected officials.
The Hydro One IPO is coming up very soon, with a great deal of hub-bub and foofera. Is it a good thing? Is it a good deal? Should you invest in it? I most likely will invest in it, as it will most likely be reflected in one of my core Index Funds, but I will not be buying the stock directly.
My Writings for Week Ending November 6th
A busy week for me this week at home so not a great deal of new content for your Financial Literacy learning, but still some new content:
For those non-Church goers out there Sunday was All Saints day and I did manage to put out a best of tweets post with All Saints Money Tweets , some interesting stuff in there.
The one new post for the week was a play on the assertive way many presenters try to convince you of the “truthiness” of their statement with 99.9% of Financial Bloggers Agree, I was thinking of title’ing it 30 Helens Agree (financially), but changed my mind (Kids in the Hall are always a fun thematic premise to work from, I could write about these are the Marks in Finance I know…) .
I have talked about Financial Literacy in the past so here is last years start with What is Financial Literacy.