When I started driving, I had no qualm in getting a car insurance. It’s a necessity, but when it comes to life insurance it took me a lot of reading to finally choose the right term insurance that fits my needs. So I became a buy term invest the difference (BYID) advocate. I walk the […]
Personal Finance
How I Cheat a 4K Near Debt Experience
This is somewhat a scary story. It’s almost Halloween, isn’t it? Who knew that my innocent “yes” may have bury me into $4,000 debt. It was an innocent invitation at first, till, it wasn’t. You probably have an idea of what I’m talking about. I call it the Demo Day. Did it ring a bell […]
Why I Send Money Online Through Remitly
“What! You’re trying a different money transfer service . . . again.” That’s my sibling ever-wondering what I’m up to at the moment. Nothing too complicated. It’s just me trying for the first time on how to send money online through Remitly. I have no idea what Remitly is until a kababayan in a personal […]
How to Pay Your Personal Income Taxes to CRA
Every year anyone working of legal age in Canada has to file an income tax return on or before April 30. I regularly file in early March because I’m not good in keeping track of deadlines. People who are expecting a refund (or thought will have) look forward in filing the return. Sometimes, you may […]
How to Transfer TD e-Series to Questrade
When I started index investing in Canada, I was fortunate like many others to find the model portfolio of Dan Bartoloti on Canadian Couch Potato. I was able to choose the portfolio that helped me start while learning instead of worrying that I didn’t know enough. That investment portfolio is TD e-Series (mutual fund) placed […]
How Stocard App Lets You Collect More Reward Points
Once again, I have to say how lucky I am to stumbled upon Sherry of SaveSpendSplurge.. Through her post, I somehow wrap my head on income tax filing for bloggers. This time, I’ll share a new tip from Sherry: Stocard App. It is an app that stores your reward cards information into your phone. This […]