5 new Ontario regulations that will start impacting your budget on Jan. 1

New year, new provincial regulations. Ontarians will be waking up this week to a slew of changes that will impact their budgets this year

Nearly half of Canadians not taking steps to get a control of their finances: CIBC

Paying down debt is the biggest goal for Canadians in 2017, but nearly half aren't taking steps to meet financial goals

From sneakers to rolex watches — are luxury investments worth the money?

More and more people are buying flashy items not just to show off, but to hold as an investment

LowestRates Reads: The Lazy Investor by Derek Foster

The Lazy Investor is a great step-by-step guide to getting into DIY investing for people who have no idea where to start

Why 2017 will be the best year ever to sign up for a rewards credit card

Credit card companies are currently engaged in an all-out-war to get you to use their loyalty rewards cards. And you, the consumer, wins out as a result

A look back at the best personal finance reads of 2016

Safe to say most of us aren’t sad to turn the page on 2016, but before we do, we thought we’d share some of our favourite personal finance reads from the past year

Canadians say these are their biggest financial regrets of 2016

We asked four Canadians to spill their dirty little money secrets and share their biggest financial regrets of 2016

Forget presents — we spoke to couples who do the holidays differently

We took the opportunity to chat with two couples who approach holiday spending in unconventional ways

Half of Canadians say they should be able to drink more booze before driving

Don’t drink and drive: the message has been drilled into our heads for years, but there are still a lot of people out there who just don’t get it

Confession: I’m almost 30 and my parents still pay my cellphone bill

If I had to shell out that extra $50 per month, my budget would have to concede elsewhere. But justifying the money is the hard part

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