Tag: credit

  • 7 Serious Tips for Better Bookkeeping in Canada

    7 Serious Tips for Better Bookkeeping in Canada

    Bookkeeping is tedious for most business owners unless you are a seasoned accountant or a fan of working with numbers. That is because businesses have a lot of financial details that need to be recorded, for instance, which supplier should be paid, outstanding customers, equipment to buy, significant purchases to make, and more. Without an…

  • Why Everyone Should Strive To Pay Off Their Mortgage Quicker

    Why Everyone Should Strive To Pay Off Their Mortgage Quicker

    Lots of people struggle to get a mortgage in the first place. It’s especially hard now because homes are so expensive. You start to think you’ll be paying off your mortgage for the rest of your life.  Luckily, your finances will probably improve considerably over time. When they go up you should look into paying…

  • 11% Of Male Black Friday Shoppers Will Pull Items Out Of Hands Of Others

    11% Of Male Black Friday Shoppers Will Pull Items Out Of Hands Of Others

    Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a cultural phenom. One that American and (in the past few years) hard-boiled Canadian consumers look forward to each year. They brave the crowds, set out a savings mission plan and shop like a thrifty gladiator entering the battle arena of value. WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK FRIDAY/CYBER MONDAY… While…

  • Canadian Money And How Select Banks Create It

    Canadian Money And How Select Banks Create It

    My book, Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went, tells us that “The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it.  The process by which banks create money is so simple the mind is repelled.” Graham…

  • VisaNet Connects Two And A Half Billion Credit Cards

    VisaNet Connects Two And A Half Billion Credit Cards

    One of the many ways the Internet is driving the global economy is through digital payments, making it easy for consumers to buy just about anything from anywhere. VisaNet is the largest payment processing network in the world, connecting 2.4 billion credit cards at 36 million locations across 200 countries. Those are just a few…

  • Top Ways Folks Go Broke

    Top Ways Folks Go Broke

    Being broke sucks and you don’t have to come from a wealthy family, have the next  billion-dollar idea or work 18-hour days to become rich, says self-made millionaire Mike Finley. In fact, you don’t have to be extraordinary in any of the headline-grabbing ways. What you need is the self-awareness to avoid wasting Financial Happiness. “Money…

  • Silo Reader Says All Products And Services Should Compete In A “Free Market”

    Silo Reader Says All Products And Services Should Compete In A “Free Market”

    The [ image that is shown with Toby Barrett’s recent letter ] is certainly worth a thousand words. Government is consuming too much. But why do we continue to feed government? Why would we participate in any political or economic system that is not serving our best interests? Government is basically unproductive and can only…