Investment knowledge is a handy thing. I always knew it would be useful but I never imagined that it would help me in my early days of new parenthood too. It took years for any financial advisor to look twice at my family with the thought that we ...

One missing element in many people's financial plans is an emergency fund that can be tapped into when a sudden unforeseen event or a significant change in one's personal circumstances throws everything into jeopardy. This could be an accident or an ...

Lose 10 pounds? Sure. Stop swearing? Okay... good luck with that. What New Year's resolution should young couples really be thinking about making and sticking to? How about getting their financial houses in order? In our rush to lead "grown up" ...

Canadian Small business owners aren't overly worried about lingering effects of the recession. According to a new TD Canada Trust poll, 50 per cent of small business owners think 2012 will be a good business year and a further 13 per cent believe it ...

Budgeting doesn't have to be a horrible experience. So says Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®, a personal finance expert, television and radio personality, and the author of numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller Zero ...

By Bruce Watson Daily Finance Charlie Brown's complaints about commercialism notwithstanding, Christmas is an expensive time for consumers -- and an important time for retailers who use year-end sales to shore up their bottom lines. But how much ...

In these tough economic times, we're all trying to cut our spending and save more money each month. So we're tempted by things like high-interest savings accounts and cheaper energy companies whose salespeople come knocking on our doors trying to get ...

By Kenneth Ross Urken Daily Finance With the expense of weddings and the still weak economy, more and more couples are taking advantage of the crowd-funding trend to bankroll their honeymoons. In fact, last year, 12% of couples created a ...