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Financial Facelift
Renegotiating their mortgage and tax savings are how a young couple can finance a vacation and their basement renovation
The Smart Cookies
No matter what you’re saving for, there are tangible ways to make reaching your financial and life goals easier, says Angela Self
Me and My Money
He won't play market against 'the Kasparovs'
Self-taught investor takes heed of risks and rewards
New to direct investing?
Ways you can invest in mortgages
It can be a way to get a solid return; but don't leap without a careful look. Part nine of a 12-part series by Gail Bebee
Personal Finance Reader
Bonds: A quantum of solace
Wimp investors, this one's for you. Rob Carrick' s round-up of the best of what the online world has to offer on money-related subjects
Commentary
Personal Finance
Put Money 101 on the curriculum
The kids aren't all right until they learn a few basics about the financial realities of life
The rankings
The 11th annual online broker survey
Independent Qtrade retains the crown for the fourth consecutive year, showing Bay Street that the little outfit from out west can be the best
Tax Matters
Keep tax savings all in the family
Consider income splitting, the home renovation and child fitness tax credits for year-end tax-planning, says Tim Cestnick
Home Cents
Want to get your hands on some gold?
Personal finance blogger Chaya Cooperberg gives us top online destinations for gold bars, coins and wafers
Special Series
Our new Building Blocks series will take a young family through the A to Z's of handling their money.
Personal Finance
Baby's birth prompts estate planning
Having a will becomes even more essential for parents, who need to make sure their children and their inheritance are protected
Building Blocks video
Without a will, what happens to your kids?
BMO's Sara Plant talks about why it is essential for parents to choose a guardian for their children
Learn more:
- Video: Why you need an estate plan
- Story: The will for a will
- Video: Perils of ignoring a family tax plan
- Story: Mapping out a family tax plan
- Video: Ready to sign on the dotted line?
- Discussion: How to negotiate your first mortgage
- Story: Haggling over your first mortgage
- Video: A guide for mortgage virgins
Household Finances
Personal Finance
They get a bum rap, but life policies can ease tax bite
You still can't beat death, but you may be able to beat the taxman with life insurance payouts
Estate planning
You won't live forever, so read this
Changes in family arrangements have complicated the estate-planning process, but a family's assets can still keep on giving if they are organized properly
Personal finance
Men who lost jobs in recession help at home
An estimated two million wives are now the sole breadwinners in families across America
Ontario proposes auto insurance cuts to offset rising premiums
Finance Minister Dwight Duncan is proposing a series of updates to auto insurance regulations to give consumers options to lower their costs
Mortgages & Retirement
Personal Finance
Hot chocolate and hot tubs
Tips for property owners on how to make their vacation homes more attractive during the winter, a traditionally slow season for rentals
Real Estate
Is a condo a good investment?
Beware of steep maintenance costs that can erode cash flow and limit your lifestyle
Real Estate
Home listings to undergo overhaul
Changes planned in order to satisfy concerns that real estate association discouraging competition
Real Estate
Housing activity seen reviving
Activity and prices will improve in the second half of this year and grow further in 2010, CMHC says
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