Financial Planning

If you want to be happy, don’t waste your money on a lot of material goods.

At first, this statement sounds like another iteration of the popular “money can’t buy happiness” mantra we’ve been hearing a lot lately. (After all, we’ve seen plenty of evidence of just how miserable the subject of money can make us). However, the latest research isn’t telling us to put away our wallets, but instead shows how spending our money in certain ways can contribute to our long-term happiness.

The world economy is uncertain, especially with the European debt crisis providing an ominous background.

Tax season is only a couple months away for both Americans and Canadians, and for many, this is the time to be thinking about retirement

One of the biggest myths of retirement is that, having stopped working, most people spend less money than they did before. According to many experts, this is false.