Top Canadian Personal Financial Posts of 2015
What were some of the more interesting personal finance articles I wrote in 2015? Have a look at this list.
Leaving Your Service Provider
After 25 years as a customer, I said, “Farewell Rogers my old friend …”, as they refused to give me a better cable deal, and I had to leave.
Food Prices Up 3.4% In November
Food prices up in November 2015 but not that bad. The Bank of Canada didn’t have to react to this much.
Star Wars, Christmas Money, Shaw gets Wind and #MoneyStories
The world changes today, with the full release of the 7th chapter of the ongoing Star Wars Saga (at least that is what the Media Hype Machine might have you believe). I am old enough to remember going to the Snowden cinema in Montreal to watch the original release (chapter 4) in the ’70s. I like the movies, but I am just not that psyched to want to go to the movie just yet. I’ll wait until January after I have heard all the spoilers online. There is a very festive Star Wars clip at the end of this post too.
Have you finished your Christmas shopping frenzy? I am sure I have not, but that is part of the holiday season for me (the Christmas week panic).
Interesting to see that Shaw Communications has bought Wind Mobile (or is proposing to do so), which could mean more competition in the mobile phone industry, which is never a bad thing (in my opinion). Shaw says they won’t be changing Wind’s low-cost plans, and that would be a very good thing, especially if they improve the coverage map, but that remains to be seen.
Scheduling note: since next Friday is the big day, don’t expect to see anything from me, other than my typical Christmas Address, but there will be my traditional end of year festivities.
My Writings for Week Ending December 18th
Our tree is up, but there are still far too many things to do before the big day. I think I may have misunderstood the message on this one on TFSA Transfers. The spirit of Dickens’ Christmas Carol got to me with Financial Hauntings
On the sister site, there was a new security update as well.
Facebook Post of the Week
I posted on my regular feed an old article that Larry MacDonald did in 2008 with me as the subject and now everyone at work is asking me about investing questions? Larry is writing a follow-up in the Globe.
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Debt and Financial Chains
Are you creating a massive financial chain to drag around your financial life? Debt is the chain that will drag your financial life as sure as Jacob Marley’s did.
