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Archive for March 2017

Net Worth Update March 2017 – SmilingSaver – The Big Move (+140%)

By FT | March 27, 2017 | 7

Welcome to the Million Dollar Journey March 2017 Net Worth Update – Team MDJ edition. A select group of readers were selected to be part of Team MDJ which was conceived after the million dollar net worth milestone was achieved in June 2014. SmilingSaver was selected as a team member and will post net worth…

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How to Deal with the Aggressive Sales Tactics by the Big Banks

By FT | March 20, 2017 | 15

About a week ago, CBC’s Go Public segment shed light on some aggressive sales tactics that big banks are using.  In the article, bank employees spoke out about the pressure they face from management to hit sales targets.  So in order to hit targets, they push credit cards, overdraft protection, premium chequing accounts, and lines…

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Financial Goals Progress – Books I’m Reading

By FT | March 13, 2017 | 2

One of the perks of being a personal finance blogger is that I receive more books in my mailbox that I have time to read.  However, as one of my financial goals for 2017 was to read (and learn) a little more, I’ve made the intention to sit down with a good book as often…

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Financial Freedom Update (Q1) – March 2017 (+10.89%)

By FT | March 6, 2017 | 20

Welcome to the Million Dollar Journey March 2017 Financial Freedom Update – the first update for the year.  For those of you new here, since achieving $1M in net worth in June 2014 (age 35), I have shifted my focus to achieving financial independence.  How?  I plan on building my passive income sources to the point…

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Simple Low Cost Diversified Index ETF Portfolios 2018

By FT | March 1, 2017 | 97
Low Cost Etfs

This post was originally posted in 2008 but was recently updated to include the latest low cost index ETFs available to investors. Diversified indexing seems to be all the rage these days. To be honest, I’ve really grown to appreciate the simplicity of index investing and have used this approach for a number of my…

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