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Investing

The best way to dump an advisor and mutual funds

by Dan Bortolotti

Stocks

The most popular online brokerage for DIY investors

Index Funds

global diversification

Smooth out your performance

Diversification can lower your portfolio’s volatility and increase your returns over time

Real Estate

DIY home reno instructions and resources

Here are some resources to help you install hardwood floors, crown moulding and trim, bathroom tiles, drywall and fences.

Here are some resources to help you install hardwood floors, crown moulding and trim, bathroom tiles, drywall and fences.

Investing

The biggest DIY investing challenges

Does it make sense to use an adviser or to invest on your own?

Does it make sense to use an adviser or to invest on your own?

Financial Independence

The difference between fee-only and fee-based financial planners

by Jonathan Chevreau

Real Estate

Risk-averse kids

Author Marina Adshade on how to raise an entrepreneur and other stories.

Author Marina Adshade on how to raise an entrepreneur and other stories.

Real Estate

U.S. grows as Canada slows

Low-spending businesses and rising debt appears to be holding Canada back.

Low-spending businesses and rising debt appears to be holding Canada back.

Debt

Brakes on borrowing

Canadians are decelerating the pace at which they borrow, according to RBC.

Canadians are decelerating the pace at which they borrow, according to RBC.

RRSPs

Price gap explained

Why does everything (still) cost more in Canada?