Recently, I had the pleasure of reviewing the Investments Class offered by Wall Street College. The class was put together by Frank Alvarez, a self-taught finance guy who is interested in sharing that knowledge with you, the beginning investor. Here’s a great quote that Mr. Alvarez shares in his book: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin Investmest Class: Introduction to
Do you want to know what I know about starting a business? Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nil. I think there’s a thing with different tax forms and maybe some other kind of thing about being my own boss. That is all. Here is a dramatic re-enactment of my own business plan for Cents, Sense & Sensibility (No Underwear Gnomes were hurt in the filming of
Welcome to debt payment progress for year 2013. Meh. Debt payment progress. Without the progress part. Yeah, sorry, no trumpets or fanfare here. Not even a parade. I’ve read a lot of other personal finance blogs with some pretty great reports on what they accomplished last year but that’s not really going to be me. My debt payment progress has been not stellar. Some of
Happy New Years, friends! Welcome to 2014 and a fresh start here at Cents! Here are some of my thoughts coming into 2014. This will not be surprising for any of my regular readers but I did not come to blogging about money because I was good at it. For most of my life, money was a magic number of points that appeared in
Spending Review: Greetings dearest readers, I am hoping the first day of December finds you still financially solvent. So far, you’ve had to dodge many money missiles, like Black Friday sales and festive season flyers and events. As you can see from my Quicken pie chart, I have not escaped the wrath of Christmas and winter shopping without a few scrapes and cuts. Here is
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. I sure did. Let’s get started with the weekly review: Life Under Construction: The Calgary Zoo has a Penguin Plunge that I love to visit. In fact, I bought a zoo pass just so I can go and see them whenever I want. For $80.00 a year, I have a pick-me-up in the shape of
Spending Update: I have some extra money this month because I got paid three times; I received a nice expense cheque; and I kept back the rent money to use for other expenses. Unfortunately, I wasn’t paying attention so I went a little crazy with some of the spending. I don’t regret all the spending though: – I spent $215 on food and dining this
