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GIVEAWAY: Two Copies of QuickTax Standard from Intuit

February 17, 2010 By Preet Banerjee

A representative for Intuit contacted me last night to offer up two copies of Intuit's QuickTax Standard (handles up to 8 returns) for a giveaway on the blog. With the deadline for filing your taxes …

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New Mortgage Rules For Canadians Starting April 19th 2010

February 16, 2010 By Preet Banerjee

Jim Flaherty announced changes to mortgage rules in Canada on February 16th, 2010 which are to take effect on April 19th, 2010. Here is a list of the changes: Borrowers will be tested on their …

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New Firm Focusing On Reducing Currency Conversion Fees For Canadians

February 15, 2010 By Preet Banerjee

Canadians can pay as much as 2.5% in currency conversion fees which are hidden in what is known as "the spread". If you are a small business and you convert $5,000,000 per year between US dollars and …

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A Lap Of The Blogs

February 12, 2010 By Preet Banerjee

If you are new to WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com, every Friday I run a post called “A Lap Of The Blogs” which provides links to articles I found interesting and think that others may want to read for …

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Home Bias

February 9, 2010 By Preet Banerjee

I was speaking to some American financial advisors once and we started talking about geographic diversification. I mentioned that it wasn't uncommon for Canadians to have extreme home biases, and many …

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Guest Article: DSC Index Funds

February 8, 2010 By Preet Banerjee

This is a another guest article by Jim Stark. Jim Stark is a pseudonym for a practicing Canadian financial advisor. Why are there no DSC Index Funds? On one hand, pretty much any advisor knows that …

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