Canadian Personal Finance Blog

… and I’ll call Rusty.

This week caught me reminiscing about my childhood and one of my favorite shows (that I watched in Black and White, no less), The Friendly Giant. I was toying with a post about What the Friendly Giant Taught Me About Finances, but honestly, I really can’t get enough traction to write that one (if anyone does, please send me a link I’d be fascinated to see how you link the two together). Maybe something about Rusty the Rooster always being half in the bag could be used? Best comment I got all week!

Hello there Friendly!

This week it was a short week, but I still managed to write about The Plight of the Turkey, When Do You Start kids in financial programs,  Employment Numbers Hovering in September, and a quote from my new favorite book Sh T My Dad Says : Overdrafts Summed Up Nicely. While the commentary on Overdrafts was a little tongue in cheek, the essence of the message should not be ignored.

There is one little chair for one of you, and a bigger chair for two to curl up in, and for someone who likes to rock, a rocking chair in the middle, here are some financial posts to help you enjoy those chairs:

• Get Rich Slowly scared the dickens out of me with their post Is Your Spouse Hiding Debt? I really hope not!
• Michael James tells the sad story of Lotteries in the 3rd World, and how they are even more insidious there.
• Tom at Canadian Finance Blog pointed out How to View Cheap and Free TV in Canada, but no mention of the Friendly Giant either.
• The Canadian Capitalist points out that 2010 Canada Savings Bonds are Now on Sale, if you want some very safe, but very slow growth investments.
• Larry MacDonald pointed out that you can have Financial Independence at 30, if you are a psychotic saver of money.
• Preet seems to be moving to the Globe and Mail for his posts where he asks, Should You Be Your Own Mortgage Lender, I don’t think I should be, I don’t trust myself borrowing that much money.
• Financial Cents over at My Own Advisor thinks I Should Know Who Grace Groner is, I didn’t know, but I do now.
• 2 Cents over at BalanceJunkie dared us to Take the Thanksgiving Challenge, no it is not how far you can throw a 30 kg frozen turkey, either!
• Financial Highway wrote about Crucial Things to Teach Kids about Money, which is always an important topic.
• Boomer wrote about The Risk of Inflation, however, you also hear of folks warning about DEflation too, which is always confusing.

Weekly Reminders

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Remember

“Ask five economists and you’ll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard). “
Author: Edgar R. Fiedler