We live in a media-centric society, which means that we see the following messages multiple times per day: Happiness comes from purchasing, Happiness comes from consuming, Happiness comes from having new things. Rather than letting people tell us how to be happy, we need to …

Wow it’s hard to believe fall is upon us. Looks like we will have a few more days of sunshine here in Vancouver. Got to enjoy the last bit of sunshine before the rain season rolls in. 🙂

While many financial bloggers are in San …

How do we manage to find money to invest in dividend paying stocks when we are a single income family? Simple, by being frugal whenever we can. We are all about living frugally and trying to be as frugal as possible. Being frugal doesn’t mean …

I love receiving reader emails. If you have any questions feel free to contact inie. 🙂

A few days ago, a reader asked:

I’m just wondering if you have any comments on Questrade vs. National Bank Discount Brokerage for commission free ETFs. Do you

With US and Canadian stock markets tumbling down last Friday Sept 9, I decided to pull the buy trigger on a couple of stocks using some of the cash sitting on the sideline.

We purchased:

10 shares of Vanguard Canada All Cap Index ETF (VCN.TO)…

Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin 1789.

When I wrote about our financial independence assumptions back in July, many readers asked if we were taking taxes into consideration. As the great Benjamin Franklin pointed out many years ago, …

Wow it’s hard to believe that it’s September already. This is the month that we will see Baby T1.0 starting preschool and the start of NHL hockey pre-season. It’s hard to believe that Baby T1.0 is preschool age already. Not too long ago he was …

I can’t believe it’s September already. Where did the time go? Labour Day long weekend typically means that fall is just around the corner. I’ll have to try and do some yard work this weekend. 🙂

It has been interesting reading how people tip. …