Can someone PLEASE tell me why budding entrepreneurs head to the show Dragon’s Den? I’m trying to figure out what the benefit for the business owner is… I’ve been able to come up with just a few: having experienced rich people who’ve “been there done that” on your board of directors financial backing That’s all [...]
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0.4% Interest… that’s what you’ll get.. 0.4!! How brutal is that eh? Department of Finance Canada has the report and I can’t help but think back to when the bonds were paying off a health 7% interest rate and my little $100 bonds that my parents made me buy were doubling every 7 years… good [...]
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Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad, Poor Dad.. has a lot of good information. Without ‘spoiling’ it for everyone, the book centers upon the idea of obtaining ‘Assets’ over ones lifetime instead of ‘Liabilities’. It makes sense really.. assets make you money, where liabilities make you spend your money.. and usually that money is after-tax money. [...]
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Ever since I actually calculated how little the $0.02 movement in price per liter amounted to at the pumps every couple of weeks.. I really can’t believe how I used to rush to the pumps or used to, the night before gas was going to move in price. Let’s just take a look shall we? [...]
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Well.. yes, this is for our US College brothers and sisters.. however much of it does apply just as much up here in the Great White North.
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Well September is a tough month for saving, (seems like every month is eh?).. however with myself, I have Liz’s birthday as well as my brothers birthday. Add in the fact that it’s really the last month that anyone can do anything outside there are a lot of golf tournaments, social gatherings, etc. which make [...]
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As I was explaining to Liz yesterday, Einstein once said, “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest”. And I tried to explain to her what I meant by it. I think this spreadsheet which I quickly created in Excel displays it nicely. Look at what you could do with a mere 10% [...]
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