Lifestyle

Moneyball: How Much Does It Cost to Play Sports?

Public service announcement: guys need to spend time together drinking beer and playing sports. Calm yourselves, naysayers, it’s proven by science. While I may enjoy a local brew, I’m way more into the sports. Every week I play soccer with the guys and come…

Back to Basics RRSP
Investing

The Beginner’s Guide to the RRSP

Financial literacy month has been pretty successful so far in my books. I’ve been forced to sit down and take a look at a few things that I haven’t given enough consideration to. Last week we took a look at the Tax-Free Savings Account. This…

Lifestyle

Why I Avoid Sales and Buy Retail

I’ve been mulling over a pair boots for quite some time. I don’t actually need the boots- it’s something that I want. Naturally I questioned how much I wanted the boots and considered If this was an item that has value. I finally decided…

Lifestyle

What Should I Do with my Pay Raise?

I was out with the boys Monday night, catching the highly anticipated debut of Andrew Wiggins (go, Ender, go!) in the game between Kansas and Duke. I stumbled home in the wee hours of the morning to catch some much needed zzz’s before another…

TFSA
Investing

The Beginner’s Guide to the TFSA

A few years ago, my parents urged me to read a book on personal finance: The Wealthy Barber. The book would teach me about money, they said. I wasn’t interested; as far as I was concerned, I wasn’t making money at the time and…