What does it take to be wealthy?
I found this Modern Wealth Survey interesting, going from 2020 to 2021, about how people were savers at 64% and some were PLANNING to be savers. I do not have to tell you that a pl
Who are Canada’s top 1%? (2022)
TOP 1% INCOME = $513,700 There are 287,490 people in Canada who hit this high income tax bracket and it is an increase of 1.8%. The median income is $345,300 (meaning the middle pe
Turns out, you can buy happiness with money & rich people are happier with even more money
It seems money does buy happiness after all, but there’s a catch. I put the entire Instagram caption here for your convenience – it is pretty much the article itself, b
Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP): Maxing it out before versus waiting for the match to have the highest returns
Note: This is clearly only if you have the money to be able to max it out at the start, but I am exploring the options of maxing out an RESP at the start of your child’s life
You can’t just decide to retire in any country without a plan
One of the myths (?) or ideas floating around early retirement folks is the idea that you could save maybe $300K and fly off to another country to retire like a queen on $10K a yea
Why women need to be more financially independent than men
Because we are women. Women are…. more likely to work less due to maternity leave (and just being pregnant is rough) paying more for ‘female’ things or services l
Style Discussion: “Is it wrong to wear expensive designer clothes to work?”
I read this NY Times article: Is it wrong to wear expensive designer items to work? and it really made me pause. I own quite a few designer items, but nothing obviously designer, l
Stop trying to prove racial discrimination doesn’t exist (aka myth of the Model Minority)
I saw this post, and of course I inwardly sighed because while this data is true (U.S. Census Bureau), it doesn’t look at the whole picture. It is only seeing one side and no
Average Net Worth by Age in Canada (& Growth between 2019 versus 2020)
Net worth benchmarking has always motivated me. Yes, I can feel jealous or “ugh why am I not here”, sometimes, but it helps me see that maybe, I could aim for the moon
15 unexpectedly high-paying jobs people do not know about
Found this thread on Reddit from Buzzfeed, but I find they only put the highlights and nothing about the details of the job (pros, cons), so I am doing a post with some of the comm