Making Money Behave! There’s a saying that “You can’t improve, what you don’t measure”. Before setting up a budget or deciding what spending areas to change, you need to get an accurate picture where your money goes. Forget pen and paper, that’s too time consuming and messy. I recommended either Intuit’s Quicken, Microsoft’s Money or […]
Understand Travel Insurance Before You Buy CBC’s Marketplace host, Erica Johnson, had published an article about a couple who had a health issue while traveling and was subsequently denied a claim based upon filling out the travel insurance questionnaire incorrectly. If you don’t understand what you are filling out, you should get the answers before completing the rest of the […]
Family Meetings Simplify Estate Planning This author recommends ” Family Meetings Simplify Estate Planning” as an easier way to handle estate planning. Many people ask, “How do I talk to my parents about estate planning and encourage them to take the necessary steps?” This book shows them how to hold a family meeting and how to […]
How to Calculate Your Net Worth One of the most important financial planning steps you can do each year is to complete a Net Worth Statement. Your Net Worth is simply a snapshot of the difference between what you own (your assets) versus what you owe (your liabilities). A good time to update your Net […]
Sid the Kid has $20M Disability DI Policy One of the greatest hockey players is Sidney Crosby. While he has an obvious knack for putting the puck in the net, he is also a hard working forward who doesn’t hold anything back in the corners. Unfortuneately other less skilled player know this and it seems, in my […]