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Best Free Canadian Chequing Bank Account For 2020

When considering your contenders for best free Canadian chequing bank account in 2020, there are three things you need you understand right off the bat. 1) The big Canadian banks (RBC, TD, Scotiabank, CIBC, and BMO) are not your friend. 2) You should NOT be comparing these accounts based on their interest rates. 3) Chequing…

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I’ve been writing about Canada’s best high interest savings accounts since I first started this blog back in 2007! Somewhat embarrassingly, I actually had a large portion of my savings sitting in cash at the time, so high interest accounts were my “investment” of choice. These days I prefer investment strategies such as Dividend Investing or…

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The new Aeroplan was just announced and there were a lot of changes. This wasn’t a minor refresh, it’s a complete redesign that will benefit most people, but there’s no denying that some travellers will be disappointed. To give you some context, Air Canada was going to cut ties with Aeroplan (owned by Aimia at…

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All-in-One ETFs Battle: Vanguard vs iShares vs BMO Written by FT (Updated in December, 2019 by Kyle Prevost) Vanguard was the first company to jump into Canadian all-in-one ETFs back in 2018. It should come as no surprise that that the historical leader in low-cost investments was the first to roll out this superstar product. …

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Welcome to the Million Dollar Journey 2020 (Q3) Financial Freedom Update – New Market High Edition! If you would like to follow my latest financial journey, you can get my updates sent directly to your email, via Twitter or Facebook, and/or you can sign up for the monthly Million Dollar Journey Newsletter. For those of you new here, since achieving $1M…

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If you’ve invested in a non-registered portfolio you’ve likely come across the tax-preparation question: How to calculate your adjusted cost base (ACB). It’s certainly a pain in the portfolio, and can be tedious and complicated at times. But it’s a necessary ‘evil’. You need to know your ACB in order to calculate the capital gain…

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If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll know that most of my wealth is in the stock market for the long-term. While there are many short term stock trading strategies, many of these strategies just don’t work out for regular investors. In fact, the initial losses often turn beginner investors away from…

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A reader has prompted me to update this post (originally posted in 2016). Dividend growth investing may not be for everyone, but I am a fan. I like the idea of receiving tax efficient payments from long-established companies with a track record of annually increasing their payments to shareholders. I also like the idea of…