Personal Finance Basics

What Is the Smith Manoeuvre and How Does It Actually Work?

What is this Smith Manoeuvre you have been reading about? How can your mortgage help you build an investment portfolio and be tax deductible at the same time? In this post, I dive into the manoeuvre, how it works, who it is good for and who it is not good for.

The TFSA Mistakes That Cost Canadians The Most

TFSAs sound simple and are generally simple but there are lots of rules that catch people off-guard. In this post, I sorted through hundreds of Reddit posts and newspaper articles to create a comprehensive list of mistakes and how to avoid some of them.