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Finance for Humans
You Asked Us What to Do With Your Money. We Made a Flowchart
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Money & the World
How It Feels to Vaporize $276,000
We spoke to a young trader whose fortunes soared — then quickly reversed — during one of 2026’s biggest market stories: the Korean chip-stock bonanza.
Money & the World
Does Switching Jobs Actually Help You Get Ahead?
Making a change (or, rather, several changes) earlier in your career can put you on a completely different wealth trajectory. But money probably shouldn’t be the sole factor if you’re deciding whether to jump ship.
Finance for Humans
Why Owning a Home (Probably) Won’t Make You Feel Rich
Canadians have long considered owning a home one of the surest paths to wealth, but one financial consultant argues that they too often overlook the financial downsides
Money Diaries
How I Lost $1.6 Million in Bitcoin in 8 Minutes
And how I am staying sane now that it’s all gone.
Finance for Humans
A Crank’s Guide to Investing: How to Build an End Times Portfolio
As a fun thought exercise, let’s try to build a disaster-proof portfolio for four not-totally-implausible scenarios.
Money Diaries
Salary Confessions: 14 Canadians Get Candid About Their Wages
We asked a bunch of Canadians (with neat jobs!) how much money they make … and their answers revealed way more than just a number.
Money & the World
This Estate Lawyer Has Seen It All. His 5 Tips for Dying Without Money Drama
How to avoid a Knives Out–style fight.
News
Saving Money Is Like Eating Fiber. So We Added a Monthly $1 Million Prize
Socking money away is good for you, like eating your vegetables or flossing. But it’s not exactly exciting. We add some dopamine to the equation to boost your savings habits.
Finance for Humans
Markets Have Been Bananas. Is It Time to Hold Defensive Stocks?
Investors tend to flock to stable (that is, boring) companies in times of turbulence. We investigated whether that’s such a good idea.
Finance for Humans
10 Books That’ll Teach You Everything (Or at Least a Lot) About Money
Want to sound smart at your next holiday party? We’ve got some reading reccos that will help.
Finance for Humans
RRSP vs TFSA: What’s the Better Choice?
In this battle of the tax-sheltered accounts (and who doesn’t love to see a good fight between tax shelters?), we tell you when you should put your money in an RRSP, when you should pick a TFSA, and when you should do both (if you can!).
Finance for Humans
Five Tax Traps — And How, If You Start Now, You Can Avoid Them
It may seem early to think about taxes. But if you do a few relatively easy things right now, you can (hopefully) avoid a tax nightmare in the future.
Finance for Humans
The Five Worst Reasons to Be Trading Crypto
Wealthsimple Crypto now offers more coins and tokens than ever. But that doesn’t mean everyone should be trading them.
Finance for Humans
Emergency Money: What to Do When Your Bills Are Bigger Than Your Income
If your income has taken a hit and you have to tap into savings (or debt), how you do it is important. Here’s our guide to which accounts to pull from, how to avoid penalties and fees and taxes, and everything else you need so it's easy to get back on track when this is over.
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Finance for Humans
Now Is a Really Good Time to Understand How Interest Rates Work
Financial disruption has been coming fast and furious. In the midst, interest rates have been slashed to near zero. Here’s how to understand what that means, and what it’ll do to your mortgage, your savings account, and your investments.
Money & the World
What Does it Mean to be a “Millionaire” Now?
It used to mean “super rich." But does having a million dollars make you actually rich in 2018? What does a million dollars buy? We decided to find out.