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Check Your Home Insurance Now, Avoid Regret Later

Holden Lewis writes for NerdWallet. Email: hlewis@nerdwallet.com. The article Check Your Home Insurance Now, Avoid Regret Later originally appeared on NerdWallet. Source Author : Holden Lewis

Talk Your Book: State of The Real Estate Market

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by SS&C Alps Advisors: See here for more information on the REIT ETF On today’s show, we discuss: How interest rates affect the real estate asset class A bifurcation in office space real estate How investors view REITs as an

If I Had To Start Over in 2025, Here’s How I’d Build a ,000,000 Blog

If I Had To Start Over in 2025, Here’s How I’d Build a $1,000,000 Blog

One question I get a lot is “Would I start another blog in 2025?” In fact, I just had a friend ask me this question the other day. Yes, yes, I would start a blog right now, even if I was brand new. There would be no question

Debt and Mental Health: How One Couple Found Help

Karen McCall and John Glover met at a Debtors Anonymous meeting. In his 30s, Mr. Glover had considered taking his own life after experiencing financial struggles. Source Author : Paulette Perhach

Profits, Not D.E.I., Are Why Companies Exist

Milton Friedman in 1968. Professor Friedman wrote two years later that companies should stick to their essential function: Use resources efficiently to maximize profits. Source Author : Jeff Sommer

Berkshire Hathaway 2024 Annual Shareholder Letter by Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) released its 2024 Letter to Shareholders (also see full 2024 Annual Report), which Warren Buffett traditionally also uses as an educational instrument. As always, I recommend reading it yourself (only 13 pages total this year). I enjoy reading the letter first (with no spoilers), then

Why Are Higher Egg Price So Painful?

The hottest chart in the markets right now is not Nvidia, Fartcoin or one of the quantum computing stocks…it’s the price of eggs: It looks like a chart of Bitcoin, Gamestop or the hottest AI stock on the street. Since 1947, the price of eggs has grown at

Why Financial Planning is Essential for Achieving Your Goals

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash Many Canadians dream of financial stability but struggle to achieve their goals without proper planning. Whether saving for retirement, hoping to purchase a home, or working to become debt-free, having a structured financial plan is your roadmap to success. Financial planning isn’t

Best Investments for a Canadian Recession

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been getting a ton of emails and comments asking about the best stocks for a recession or how to prepare an investment portfolio for a recession. The truth is that it’s a bit of a bad-news, good-news story. The good news

The 4 Money Skills: What They Never Taught You in School

You’ve probably noticed something strange about money. Despite spending 12+ years in school learning about everything from algebra to ancient history, most of us graduate without ever learning one of life’s most essential skills: Money. Think about that for a second. We spend years learning how to diagram