The Essentials to Happiness

How You Can Be Happy? What would your life be like if you were happy all the time? Really, think about it. What would it be like? In this day and age, you may think that being happy all the time just isn’t possible, but in reality it is. And, not only is it possible for you, it’s also possible for everyone you know. That is, once one understands the essentials of how to be happy. Read More »

What are the prettiest towns in the country?

Here is a list of the prettiest small cities in the United States: Read More »

Best Home Remedies for Upset Stomach

You and the wife celebrated your promotion with dinner at your favorite barbecue joint. You’ve been working hard for months, you think, so you deserve to cut loose a little. On the way home you groan and mutter that you wish you had stopped after that first barbecue platter. Your wife shrugs her shoulders. You both know the price for your revelry will be a painful night of bloating, gas and heartburn. Read More »

10 Health Habits That Will Help You Live to 100

The biggest factor that determines how well you age is not your genes but how well you live. Not convinced? Read More »

9 ways to get happy in the next 30 minutes

In the next half hour, tackle as many of the following suggestions as possible. Not only will these tasks themselves increase your happiness, but the mere fact that you’ve achieved some concrete goals will boost your mood. Read More »

The 45 best ways to grow your money

When we set out to look for the 45 best ways to grow your money, we had a few criteria in mind. We wanted ideas that were widely applicable (so we weren’t interested in specialized tax shelters or tax loopholes that were only open to a favored few). We also wanted ideas that had stood the test of time (so we rejected a lot of flavor-of-the-month notions, such as buying gold futures or loading up on oil stocks). Finally, we wanted our ideas to represent the full span of personal finance, from basic notions to more advanced concepts. Read More »

10 things they won’t tell you about retirement

If you’re like many middle-aged Canadians,you used to think that you would retire at 55. Now you’re hoping for 65. Once you used to smile fondly at the retirement ads that showed laughing grey-haired couples golfing in tropical paradises. Now you have an overwhelming desire to jump out of the sand trap and smack those smug retirees with a nine iron. Read More »

Seven Surprising Stay-Home Salaries

Technically, to be considered a telecommuter you must regularly works eight or more paid hours at home each week. Telecommuting can cut down on a killer commute or carve out more time for the kids. It can help you find a better work-life balance. Read More »

Red Wine is Good for You! Have a Glass Today!

Researchers have found that men who drink an average of four to seven glasses of red wine per week are only 52% as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer as those who do not drink red wine, reports the June 2007 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch. In addition, red wine appears particularly protective against advanced or aggressive cancers. Read More »

The First Thing You Should Do in 2009

Now that 2008 is behind us, you should focus on how to improve your investing results for 2009 and beyond. In order to get off on the right foot, you’ve got to make sure you have as much in the game as possible. Read More »

Rates for Canadian Saving Accounts

Canadian Saving Accounts Rates Read More »

Looking for good jobs?

Working hard, at full-time hours, is no longer a ticket out of poverty for a growing number of people. What would it take to change that?Today in Toronto, that question is being asked at the “Good Jobs for All” summit. One possible answer is to rein in employment agencies that place workers in low-paying temporary jobs with few benefits. Read More »

America’s No. 1 Export: Debt

Japan and Germany make cars. Saudi Arabia pumps oil. China supplies the world with socks and toys and flat-screen TVs. What does the United States produce? Lots of stuff, but in recent years this country’s No. 1 export–by far–has been debt. Read More »