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Part of the new Aeroplan credit card agreement meant that some CIBC Aerogold accounts were sold to TD.  Those affected by the move were to receive a letter from TD, along with a new Aeroplan credit card, prior to June 16th when their CIBC Aerogold account would be deactivated. Related: Three Rewards Credit Cards Worth…

I’ve spent the last few months completing the first of four online courses for the CFP certification program.  The four courses include retirement planning, risk management and estate planning, strategic investment planning, and income tax planning. The retirement planning course offers a comprehensive look at topics such as: government-sponsored retirement income programs employer-sponsored pension plans…

I’ve been following an incredible story in the U.S. where the blogger behind Lazy Man and Money had his identity revealed and received death threats for exposing a multi-level marketing (MLM) scam. LifeVantage, makers of a diet pill called Protandim, has gone to great lengths to discredit the author of Lazy Man and Money – creating…

The big news this week was Investors Group taking the mortgage market by storm, offering a 3-year variable rate mortgage at 1.99%.  The rate will be offered for a limited time and is only available through Investors Group – not through brokers. As with most limited time offers there are conditions – namely that you…

One of my favourite personal finance writers is Carl Richards, the Sketch Guy, and author of The Behaviour Gap.  He has a knack for using humour and simple napkin sketches to point out our dumb habits when it comes to money and investing. In this video, Mr. Richards explains why investor behaviour needs to change – particularly when it comes to…

Whenever a new personal finance book comes out I’ll typically email the author or publisher and try to get a couple of free copies to review and then give away on this blog.  So many books have come out lately that I have piles of books lying around the house that I need to read…

We’ve had some awesome guests lately on the Because Money hangout.  If you’re not familiar with the format, we host a video podcast on Google+ Hangouts on Air every Wednesday night at 7:30pm MST (9:30pm EST). Last week we had Rob Carrick on the show to talk about Generation Y.  We accepted the fact that…

I started a new blog a few weeks ago (as if I didn’t have enough on my plate).  Earn Save Grow is still very much a personal finance site, but it will focus less on frugality and more on topics like how to increase your income, and how to save wisely in the areas that…

Lately I’ve been interested in behavioral finance – the effect our emotions and inherent biases have on the financial decisions we make.  How many of us have been reluctant to sell an investment at a loss, and rationalize that we’ll sell once it “comes back” and we break even?  That type of behavior is called…

Last week I reviewed two personal finance books: Stop Over-Thinking Your Money! by Preet Banerjee, and The Moolala Guide To Rockin’ Your RRSP by Bruce Sellery.  The authors were kind enough to each provide a copy of their book to give away to a lucky Boomer & Echo reader. We had over 80 entries to…