Near the end of 2013, Jeff Rose of Good Financial Cents initiated a challenge for investors to grow $1000 over the course of a year. Drawing inspiration from the legendary rivalry between Han Solo and Boba Fett, he coined his challenge the Grow Your Dough…
Daniel and I both took last Thursday off to spend time with each other and our little one. It was a busy day. We started off at the Brazilian Consulate to pick up our visas for the upcoming trip to Brazil. We made our…
At the beginning of the month we set our sights on minimizing the amount we spend to stop and reflect on how thoughtless consumption can have a negative impact on our everyday. Denis Diderot was gifted an elegant new robe that led him to…
This week we’re excited to introduce Snippets: a short take on financial decisions and current affairs of our day to day. Long posts are great but let’s face it, we can only read so many and we can only write so much while juggling…
There were many a curious onlooker back towards the end of 2012 when ING Direct was purchased by Scotiabank. The sale of ING Direct came surprise and left existing clients covered in a shroud of unanswered questions. It wasn’t until a year later when,…