[social_warfare] In money and investing, we only hear about the success stories. How your friend’s cousin’s neighbor’s coworker got in on a once in a lifetime trade and now is retired in the Carribean. But we never hear about all the bad trades that came before that stroke of luck. So I decided to air […]
I work in Finance and These Are the Money Mistakes I Made Read More »
[social_warfare] Money is enigmatic. It means different things to different people. Different ways to save, different ways to budget. However, our culture shares some common misconceptions when it comes to money. These misconceptions, or myths, are so ingrained that it’s often buried in our subconscious. Most of them are never really questioned, they are taken
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[social_warfare] You can’t have your cake and eat it too. There is no such thing as a free lunch. You can’t have it both ways. We’ve all heard it. By now, we are all old enough to know that we can’t get something for nothing. Everything has a cost, a catch. If something sounds too
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[social_warfare] Every personal finance blogger and authors have been expounding on the virtues of passive investing. What is passive investing and why does everyone think it’s the bee’s knees? More importantly – is it really right for you?
Passive Investing: Best Thing Since Sliced Bread? Read More »
[social_warfare] The gender wage gap has long since grabbed headlines, more recently a new gap is capturing attention. This is the gender investment gap. The gap shows women are investing 40 percent less than their male peers. So why is this so?
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[social_warfare] A lot of women I speak to say they rather save their money in high-interest savings accounts or in GICs. When I ask them why almost all say because the stock market is like gambling to them. Does this sound like you? If yes, read on!
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[social_warfare] “What do you think of buying lottery tickets?” My tablemate discretely asked me after I told her that I run a money blog for women. We were at brunch and we had just finished introducing ourselves. Her tone was a bit hesitant as if expecting a chiding. She breathes a sigh of relief when
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[social_warfare] Welcome back to another installment of my series on risk. Today, we are going to discuss steps to increase our risk tolerance by focusing on our financial ABILITY to do so. In case you missed, you can read about some risk basics HERE and how risk affects women differently HERE. As mentioned in our previous
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[social_warfare] My mom must be one of the most risk-averse people I know. She sticks to what she knows. From routes to work down to the brand of soy sauce she buys. “Aye-ya, now we have to suffer until we finish the bottle”. She once chided my dad. He had brought home a new, previously
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[social_warfare] No cute or clever wordplay on this one. I want to talk about risks in investing. This is salient because risk is often misunderstood and because the markets are displaying increased volatility – where market swings can be 3-4% up or down in a day. I want to arm you with a framework to
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