Too smartphone for our own good

Technology is one of the great equalizers. This point was reinforced for me last week when I received word that my grandpa, a spirited 86-year-old, had...;

Ain’t too proud to bank

Ever get the feeling that you’re “leaking” money? There are many ways to do it. Maybe you get dinged a dollar for failing to meet the minimum $5...;

The winds of change

Last week, the penny dropped. When my Loblaws purchase (consisting mostly of chocolate, if I’m being honest) totalled $15.26, the cashier coolly refused...;

Stock characters

If you’re anything like me, the stock market of your imagination is a cinematic flurry of suits-and-ties, practically sweating stocks, waving their...;

Giving nothing may be the greatest gift of all

Exploring the Eaton Centre on a weekend in early December requires a level of bravery unlike any other time of the year, as I found out for myself last...;

The Money Rookie: Setting the score

What if you knew that a mysterious three-digit number was preventing you from owning the condo of your dreams or a car that doesn’t require a jump-start...;

The Money Rookie: The ties that fund

From the outside looking in, my life earlier this year appeared to be unfolding like a Candace Bushnell novel: A young, starry-eyed girl makes the move...;

The Money Rookie: Trading up

As I got off the subway last week and took the escalator instead of the stairs, I thought to myself, “Body, we should really take a dance class.”...;

Life on loan

On the day Alex Kenjeev was set to make his final student-loan payment, he decided to have a little fun with it, as any newly debt-free graduate might...;

Let’s talk about cents, baby

These days, it seems that when I’m not busy attending a friend’s wedding, I can be found fawning over the photos of teething babies that inundate...;