Happy New Year! I hope that you’ve had the opportunity to wind down, take things slowly and enjoy all the festivity with your family and friends. As we say goodbye to 2017, there were many great events that occurred during the last twelve months that were worth reviewing. I am extremely happy and excited Read More …
Author: Leo T. Ly
Is Bitcoin An Investment Or A Gamble?
In one of my recent posts, “The Right Ways To Time The Market,” I briefly skimmed through the cryptocurrency topic. The main reason for doing so is that I have limited knowledge in this area. Furthermore, my investment philosophy is to only invest in vehicles that I understand and have a sound grasp of Read More …
The Worst Places To Keep Your Money
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about the 26 money mistakes that everyone should avoid making. That post was meant to document some of the most common money management mistakes that people made. I hope that my readers can avoid all, if not, most of those mistakes after reading it. As it turned Read More …
The Right Ways To Time The Market
Many investment and personal finance experts believe that it’s time in the market, not timing the market that will increase your investment success. Even researchers showed this to be true. Trying to time the market is futile. I am definitely on board with this philosophy when it comes to my own investments. With Read More …
The Best Holiday Gifts To Give Yourself
For the next couple of weeks, most of us will be busy trying to find the best holiday gifts for our family and friends to show that we care about and appreciate them. While we are busy making our holiday list, checking it twice and trying not to miss everyone, quite often, we missed Read More …
The #1 Financial Goals That You Should Achieve
Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear ISaved5K blog. Happy birthday to you. It’s hard to imagine that this blog just turned 1 year old recently. It was at this time about 1 year ago that I decided to start a Canadian personal finance blog to share my financial Read More …
Are You Aware Of These Money Scams?
You’re making a list. You’re checking it twice. You’re trying to remember, Who has been naughty or nice? Starting to shop for holiday gifts That are offered at great prices. If you haven’t noticed, that was my very amateurish attempt to write a holiday jingle to the tune of “Santa Claus Is Coming Read More …
How To Hire The Right Financial Advisor
A while ago, I penned a post to encourage my readers to take charge of their finances and to manage their own investments. One of the main reasons for writing that post was to encourage my readers to be financially literate. The second reason was to arm them with financial knowledge to help them Read More …
The Stepping Stone To Building Wealth
I have two kids, a non-verbal six-year-old daughter with a dual diagnosis of Autism and Rett Syndrome, and a three-year-old son. With my daughter’s disability, I missed out quite a bit of experience in the early stages of parenthood. With my son, I became very protective of him because of what we went through Read More …
10 Money-Saving DIY Home Renovation Projects
Before becoming a homeowner, I had absolutely no trades skill at all. I had never attended any trades skill schools, participated in any apprenticeship programs nor had I taken any DIY workshops. After becoming a homeowner, I had tackled and completed numerous DIY home renovation projects that saved me a bundle and increased the Read More …