The world has changed, welcome to the COVID-19 Economy. Relaxing afternoon at the farmers market has now become waiting in line ups for that last roll of toilet paper. COVID-19 / Coronavirus is changing our way of life. Many of us are sheltering at home memorized by Netflix as our bank balances slowly dwindle. The(…)
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Santa’s Budget Do’s & Don’ts
How does Santa do it? He delivers gifts to the worlds 6 billion people, everyone gets what they want. It goes with out saying Santa has a plan and a method. We can learn a lot from the big guy, and these ideas transfer well your personal finances. Check out Santa’s does and don’ts as(…)
Mike Hassard | Cash Flow, Personal finance | 2018, Budget, Planning | 2 Comments
CRA calling … NOT
Financial scammers and their schemes are regular news these days. It seems like we humans were born to be scammed. I’m sure the first con artists scammed people out of their cattle, grain and spears. I’m sure financial scams came into being the day currency was created. One of the most powerful tools of modern(…)
Mike Hassard | Scams, Tax | cra, financial, scam | 0 Comments
Please Don’t Show Up
Gym Membership ≠ Better Health It’s kind of funny. The health industry claims it’s in the business of making us healthier, but in reality they hope you stay a home. Few industries have such diametrically apposing position with their customers. The gym’s/health club’s financial health improves when it’s member financial health does not. Most memberships(…)
Mike Hassard | Health, Quality of Life | health, membership, planet money | 0 Comments
Opportunities Coming
On Monday we held an event with Trades and training expert Finbar O’Sullivan looking at career opportunities in northern BC and Alberta for trades. Finbar said Job Opportunities are still out there even as much of Northern Alberta has been laying off and apprentices are coming back to Okanagan waiting for a new round of(…)
Mike Hassard | #MyOkanaganLifestyle, Cash Flow | career, jobs | 0 Comments
Joint vs Individual Accounts
Managing spending is the key to making a family budget work. If you spend more than you make it is impossible to get ahead. One of the long time arguments the benefits of separate and joint bank accounts. For many couples the issue is one of control by one person one over the other, rather than(…)
Mike Hassard | Cash Flow, Spending Less | Budget, Worksheet | 0 Comments
Making Sense of Oil Prices
In the last year we have seen oil prices drop by 50 %, and yet we still see increases of gas prices at pumps in Kelowna. Many are a protesting pipeline development, while other countries economies are slumping. What’s going on? I listened this podcast from American Public Media – Market Place Weekend on the labour day weekend. Well worth the(…)
Mike Hassard | #MyOkanaganLifestyle, Risk, Video | investing, oil, oil prices | 0 Comments
The R-Word Again!
You think things have changed. We live in a more open society. The last time we heard it we vowed it would never be said again. But the R word is rearing it’s ugly head in Canada again. The R word I am referring to is Recession, this according to an article/video from Global TV(…)
Mike Hassard | Cash Flow, Debt, Mortgage | debt, mortagage, recession | 0 Comments
Owe Tax… Now What?
This is the time of the year we gather all our tax forms, personal/business receipts, load up our tax software, or head off to our tax preparer. In about a 30 minutes is the moment of truth. Will you owe this year? For many the reality is you will owe tax. So what do you(…)
Mike Hassard | Debt, Tax | cra, debt, tax | 0 Comments
Minimum Wage Debate
Recently the Liberal Government increased the British Columbia minimum wage to 10.25 an hour. No other financial discussion creates more emotion than an increase to the minimum wage. (Also called the Okanagan or Kelowna “Sunshine Tax”) The BC Federation of Labour’s (BFED) Jim Sinclair has been lobbying for an increase to a 13 dollars an(…)
Mike Hassard | #MyOkanaganLifestyle, Quality of Life | NPR, podcast, wages | 0 Comments