The world’s richest woman alive, Gina Rinehart, recently gave some advice for the rest of us on how to become wealthy and successful. She said “There is no monopoly on becoming a millionare.” and encouraged more people to become rich. Here is the advice she gave… She urged anyone who is jealous of the wealthy to spend less time… Read More »
Read an article in the Globe that paints a pretty clear picture of who the richest 1% are. In order to join this elite club an individual has to make more than $230,000 a year. Sounds like a lot, but it’s still lower than what’s needed in the United States which is $380,000. Before we criticize these greedy pigs let’s take… Read More »
A new study by experts reveals that only 1/3rd of Canadians will admit to being overweight, despite national statistics suggesting the real proportion of people overweight is approaching 2/3rds. Speaking in general terms, maybe we’re just too afraid or embarrassed to admit how we really feel about ourselves. A professor at the University of Calgary said that “we collectively as… Read More »
Calculating our net worth requires us to know the value of all our assets. But ironically our most valuable asset is always left out when determining our real wealth. I have a special type of asset which is worth even more than my apartment. But the problem is I can’t add it into my net worth statement (O_o) That’s… Read More »
After a few months of stagnation my net worth is finally starting to climb up again. This is largely thanks to a bonus check I got in June. We don’t get bonuses every year so we were lucky this time. I almost feel bad accepting it though because Italy (the world’s 8th largest economy, which is even larger… Read More »
How would you like to perform simple clerical tasks for $32/hour? Well there are lots of openings for these kinds of jobs. But the problem is not everyone knows they exist, or where to find them. The government recently released the 2010 household income data. The median income for single people like myself is about $25K. This puts me… Read More »