When we live to our last cent, saving seems impossible. We share some strategies for reaching short-term financial goals, the most common reasons people fail to reach these goals and what to do about it.
ETF: Understanding the CoreShares Preftrax ETF
Investments make money in one of three ways - dividend income, capital gains or interest. When investing in a debt instrument, income from interest (sometimes called coupons) is what you can expect. This week’s featured ETF is a good option for investors who hope to earn an income from their investments. The CoreShares Preftrax ETF ...
Getting rich takes time, not money
We tend to assume investing is something rich people do. If you’re not earning much, it can be tempting to put your goals on hold until you’re more liquid. But compounding is not about money. It’s about time.
Types of savings
Thanks to the money-making twins you know that savings protect your money while investments grow your money. Money that you’ll need in the next few months or the next five years, goes to Savings. But you can make find ways to make Savings work a little harder.
What you get when you save
There's a big difference between saving and investing. Saving is a way to protect your money while investing grows your money. The reason they are so different has to do with what the money does when you’re not looking. Money in a savings account keeps being money. Money you invest, however, becomes an asset. In ...
Choosing between saving and investing
You want to keep some of your money safe in case you need it, but you want to put some of your money to work so you can stop working. Deciding how much money should go to investing, and how much to savings, depends on one question: When do you need your money back?
Saving and investing are not the same
If you’ve only recently started taking charge of your finances, you might think saving and investing are the same. Both are ways to put your money to work, but they do different things. We’re going to pretend that Savings and Investing are twins. The one is an entirely forgettable accountant who eats the same thing ...
ETF: Businesses are the heart of ETFs
At the heart of all Exchange Traded Funds are businesses operating in their different fields. They make profit and so do we.
What’s in the way of financial independence?
There are only four things that can prevent you from achieving financial independence. Luckily they can all be overcome if you understand them, and they are all really easy to understand.
Four roads to discipline
Financial change happens one pay cheque at a time, but there are many things we can do between pay cheques to ensure we are better at our finances from one payday to the next. Consider this your how-to guide for financial discipline.