the Wealthy Canadian

It’s Halloween again, the time when little kiddies run rampant through the streets dressed as ghosts and goblins in an effort to get treats.
It’s also the anniversary of the feds playing a little trick on us investors springing an amendment to the income trust legislation.
Here’s hoping you all get many treats, and hopefully not so [...]

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There is so much talk about stocks and how to make money in the stock market that we tend to forget the entire bond market. So, I am presenting a four part series on bonds.
First of, what is a bond? A bond is a debt instrument that is secured by some asset(s). [...]

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I’ll be departing tomorrow for a month in China.  I’m looking forward to a month away from  everyday life… but not this blog, of course:( I cannot say for sure when or if I’ll get a chance to use the internet, however I have prepared a number of posts to fill the void.
Take care all [...]

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How Can I Take Advantage of the Home Buyer’s Plan?
If you’re looking into building or buying your first home and find you don’t have the money necessary for a down payment, you still may have some buying power, that is if you hold RRSPs. According to the Canada Revenue Agency, you may possess the ability [...]

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In the personal finance blogo world I have not seen much about the Canadian Securities Exam. I find this rather surprising given that we are all interested in finance. So, I thought I would kick things off and provide my own review.
The Canadian Securities Institute (CSI) is an educator to the financial world [...]

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