Sunshine Blogger Award Nomination I’ve been recently nominated for a blogging award by roadmap2retire. Thanks R2R. 🙂 The person being tagged has to share some information about themselves, based on the questions posed by the person nominating. Let’s begin. 1. Name the top three experiences from your past, that help form who you are today. In the past… Read More »
Comparing Household Incomes from 2006 to 2011 I recently watched a CBC video report that looked at how incomes have changed for different types of households. According to Statistics Canada, during the years between 2006 and 2011, family households saw their incomes increase by 7% on average. 🙂 However, single people have been left behind as their incomes… Read More »
How to make money in oil regardless of market conditions Drilling for oil can be such a boring job. ? At least it provides a good income, though. But it’s becoming harder these days to find work in the oilfields. A year ago oil was trading at $90/barrel. Today, WTI has fallen below $40/barrel. Canadian crude is selling… Read More »
Best Cities In the World The Economist recently released its new livability scale report. This study compares 140 cities across the world and ranks them based on factors such as political stability, healthcare, safety, and educational resources. Canadian and Australian cities dominated the top 5 spots for having the best koala-ty of life! 😀 Below are the top five cities in the list. Melbourne, Australia… Read More »
Donald Trump Reveals His Personal Finances ? I watched part of the Republican debate earlier this month. Some Americans warn that if Donald Trump becomes the next President then there will be Hell toupée. ? But he also has a lot of dedicated supporters. He’s quite a polarizing political figure. But what’s even bigger than his brash character and bold… Read More »
Time – A Nonrenewable Resource Is $700,000 enough to last you for an entire lifetime? Imagine you were given $700,000 and can spend it any way you like. The catch is you can’t invest or make any more money for the rest of your life. If you were forced into such a scenario would you spend your days differently?… Read More »