Posts Tagged‘save money’

Money-Saving Online Shopping Tips

Online shopping is one of the best conveniences that we have at our disposal. We can get almost everything we need without ever leaving the house. This also saves us the hassle of needing to commute to the mall or supermarket, find parking and stand in long queues at checkout.  As easy as it all sounds, these conveniences can often make us feel a bit more generous when it comes to our online shopping and most of us fall into online cart traps and end up spending way more money than we actually need to. To help combat this, take…

4 Clever Ways to Save up for Your Dream Home

If you –– like millions of other Americans –– desire one day to own your own home, then know that your ambition is within your reach. Though it may seem like an impossible dream today, you can gradually work to save up enough to make the most important purchase of your life. Additionally, just because renting is in vogue currently, it doesn’t mean you can’t still attain the status of homeowner in this modern era. And in order to help you achieve this goal, here are four smart ways to get access to extra cash over the long-haul: Speculate to…

Five Steps to Take Control of Your Finances for Good

Are you looking to reign in your finances or have you had a recent spate of bad investment returns? If so, you are likely eager to break this cycle. Let’s look at five steps which will help you regain your trading edge. 1. Living Within (or Below) Your Means Before we continue, it should be noted that the only way you will be able to become involved with the markets is if you have the money to invest. This is the first step associated with taking control of your finances. Live at or below your means and never spend funds…

Extra Cash From Your Tax Refund? Reduce Your Hydro Bills

The increase in energy prices has made many home and condo owners across Ontario look for new ways to cut down their consumption and save money. Reducing your energy consumption goes a long way toward saving your money and easing your impact on the environment. Below are just the top three ways you can take matters into your own hands and start conserving energy the smarter way. 1. Electronics Much of your hydro bills could be due to the electricity used up by an electronic appliance or device even when it is not in use but still plugged in, also…

Top Tips for Saving Money

It doesn’t matter what kind of salary you are on, there is always room to create more money, you could opt to look for another stream of income or you could commit yourself to a plan that will save you money. You would be surprised just how much money you could save in your daily life if only you spent a little time looking at the money that you spend month on month. The good news is that there are loads of money saving tips out there for you to follow and here are a few of our favorites. Energy…

Top 3 Great Ways to Save up for Your Travels

If you taken the plunge and decided to ditch your job or quit the ‘normal’ world for a while and travel then now will be a very exciting time for you, planning where you will go and how you will travel is part of the experience itself. On the flip side, thoughts will have also turned to financing your trip, after all the more money you have, the more places you can visit and the more adventures you can have. The truth is that saving up for your travels is not as difficult as it may seem, especially if you…