Love is in the air! Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, and I'm guessing that most of us are confined to our homes and have no clue what to do. With many establishments completely shut down, it's tough-sledding trying to find a place to book that his-and-hers tattoo session for the big …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING FROM JANUARY 30, 2021
GameStop, Hedge Funds and Vaccines... that's my summary! This week has been a wild one for the stock market. Why buy boring-old ETF's when you can just purchase a failing retail company for a 1000+% return, right? I mean, who would have thought? Can you imagine if this had happened to Sears or …
GameStop / AMC / Dogecoin FOMO – How to Recognize Manias & Avoid Risk
Get Rich Quick or Die (Financially) Trying Manias come and go - usually quickly. This past week has seen the subreddit "WallStreetBets" come under the spotlight. This primarily resulted from a successfully organized (and rather unique) short squeeze opportunity on GameStop shares, a struggling …
How COVID-19 and Working from Home Saves You Money
2020 was sure one strange and unpredictable year. For many, it was a year of hardship, for some a year of opportunity... for almost all, a year of change. COVID-19 has changed our lifestyle, the way we go to the grocery store, the way we take our kids to school, how we interact with our families, …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING FROM JANUARY 23, 2021
It's time for another weekly roundup. It appears that Joe Biden's inauguration went off without much noise, considering the buildup beforehand and worries around security. There actually seems to be more chatter in the days afterwards in regards to Canada U.S. relations. Not shortly after taking …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING FROM JANUARY 16, 2021
Every week that passes in the winter, is another week closer to spring in my mind! For some reason, this winter has felt extra cold (even though we're only in January), and maybe that's just the overall climate of lockdowns and fewer recreational activities available weighing on me. A project …
Borrowell Review 2021 | Free Credit Score, Credit Report & Coaching
Introduction to Borrowell You may not have heard of Borrowell before, but I'd wager you've heard of Credit Scores. You might even know what your score is or at least have a rough idea. If you don't know, you're probably curious what your score is and what exactly the number means. I couldn't get …
Personal Finance World Weekly Reading From January 9, 2021
Well, just when you thought 2021 couldn't get any crazier than 2020, we begin year two of the pandemic with a historic storming of the US Capitol building by supporters of President Donald Trump. Wild. Meanwhile, the stock market seems to just chug along, hitting record-highs almost daily. At …
Personal Finance World Weekly Reading From January 2, 2021
What a crazy year it has been, luckily for us, December has been fairly subdued, which you can read about in my latest "Monthly Update". Bitcoin has become a hot topic lately and has been on a seemingly endless trajectory upwards. Will it continue into 2021? The first article linked can explain …