I don’t think we’re alone in this when we say that we spend – or have spent a great deal of money out of boredom. You may not realize it at the point of doing so but if you think about it, why is it you go out for drinks with your friends several nights […]
Continue ReadingBudget Time! – December 2019 Budget
Welcome back everyone! Today we’re going to be looking at a different side of the personal finance equation. This side of personal finance is the budgeting side, which according to a lot of people in the personal finance and F.I.R.E. community would consider this to be one of the absolute must do’s if you’re out […]
Continue ReadingA rare sell – Making 40% returns
So today we have a bit of a rare occurrence over at the Findependence ranch. We’ve actually made a sale on one of our dividend stocks! This isn’t something that happens very often as our favourite holding period is “forever” similar to one Mr. Buffett, but we also like to adhere to our rule of if […]
Continue ReadingWhere your car is driving your financial future! (Hint: it’s not good)
So I’ve been wanting to make a post about this topic for quite some time but have been unable to find the exact numbers that I wanted to in order to run the math correctly. My problem? There doesn’t seem to be consistent numbers for what the actual average car payment is in Canada but […]
Continue Reading4 of Warren Buffett’s Investing Tips
This post today is in response to an article I found over at Motley Fool that talked about 4 of the top investing tips Warren Buffett has infused our brains with over time. I thought this would be a great post to do an article on as it highlights both the similarities and the differences […]
Continue ReadingPay off your mortgage or invest?
Pay off your mortgage? Or invest the money? That’s a question that gets asked an awful lot in the personal finance space and it’s one of the many questions that never seems to have a clear answer as there are people adamant about their own stances on completely opposite sides of the argument. For us, […]
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