Canadian Financial Blogs
Note: This page is not maintained as of April 2009. Some of the blog may not exist or are not updated anymore. Check my blogroll for the current list of Canadian Personal Finance Blogs and other links.
This page contains a list of interesting Canadian financial blogs, along with links and a short description of each blog.
Art of Money, written by a self-described Rich Dad loving geek, documents the exploration and understanding of the principles and teachings of author Robert Kiyosaki. The author presents the lessons he learnt from his past businesses, real estate ventures and stock market investments in a very insightful and informative manner and has a flair for creative writing. (RSS Feed)
A Canadian and Her Money is written by Money Diva, a 32-year old consultant who has amassed a significant nest egg for someone her age. She updates us on her net worth, discusses what she does to grow it, her long-term plans etc. (Feed)
Canadian Banks & Insurance covers analyst reports, articles, company and industry information on the Canadian financial sector. An example of a recent post was excerpts from Merrill Lynch report on the banks. (RSS Feed)
Canadian Dream: Free at 45 is a blog written by a twenty-something Chemical Engineer from Saskatchewan who has a twist on Freedom 55: retiring by the time he turns 45. He plans to keep us posted on his progress and he is off to a great start already. (RSS Feed)
Canadian Financial DIY is written by an expatriate Canadian living in Scotland who has been managing his own investments for about ten years. The blog is fairly new and features investment topics and book reviews. (RSS Feed)
Canadian Financial Stuff writes interesting essays and offers his unique and sometimes quirky point of view and opinion on personal financial matters. (RSS Feed)
A blogger from Ottawa writes the Canadian Money Blogs Reviewer, featuring links and short informal posts on a variety of personal finance topics. (RSS Feed)
Canadian Money Advisor wants to address “a shortage of good quality information and advice on the internet about the Canadian financial industry” and provide Canadians help with their financial planning. (RSS Feed)
Canadian Mortgage Trends, a blog by a professional mortgage planner, is the place to get information on “new types of mortgages, trends in Canadian real estate values, news on mortgage brokers, and where to find the best interest rates”. (RSS Feed)
The Confused Capitalist: The blogger, Jay Walker, writes mostly about investment topics and has a contrarian take on the markets. Recent posts covered subjects like prospecting for stocks, the (falling) US dollar and (the lack of) a housing bubble in Canada. Mr. Walker has been blogging since February 2006, and posts at least a few times every week. (RSS Feed)
Crunch Money promises to help to “get a better understanding about some of the financial products you might be hearing about from your broker, advisor, brother, sister, father, or the media”. The blogger has covered topics like Principal-Protected Notes, Segregated Funds and socially responsible investing. Posts are detailed and well written. (RSS Feed)
Debt Be Gone: A couple in their late twenties, who are deep in debt, are on a mission to eliminate their consumer debt, increase their income and save for a home and retirement. They detail their progress in their blog. They are making great progress having paid down $10K in about six months. (RSS Feed)
The Dividend Guy Blog chronicles an Alberta-based consultant’s journey to financial freedom through dividend investing. He aims to build a $300,000 portfolio by the time he is 40 years old and writes extensively about dividend-paying securities and publicly tracks his well-diversified portfolio. (RSS Feed)
Ellen Roseman needs no introduction. She writes a popular personal finance column for the Toronto Star and is the author of six books. She has recently started blogging and like her columns, her blog posts cover consumer affairs and personal finance topics. (RSS Feed)
Financial Jungle is written by a thirty-something Vancouver resident with a keen interest in dividend investing. Recent posts covered topics such as closet index funds, Vancouver Real Estate, Retiring in exotic locations like Thailand etc. (RSS Feed).
Financial Security Quest is a recently launched blog with the tag line “Money, Real Estate, Passive Income and Early Retirement”. Recent posts discussed dividend-growth strategies, investing in rental properties etc. (RSS Feed)
Mike has often left long and perceptive comments on various posts and inspired by William Bernstein’s book, has started his blog at Four Pillars. Though the blog has just gone live, I am confident that we can look forward to interesting posts. (RSS Feed).
The Frugal Canadian is a 29-year old accountant based in Toronto who writes about her personal experience with saving and investing. She is aiming to save $25,000 a year (or, 48% of her income!) for a down payment on a house and tracks her progress through the blog. Posts are sporadic, though they have been more frequent lately. (RSS Feed)
Getting Rich Together is written by a twenty-something blogger who writes about student loans, mortgages etc. targeted towards young people just starting out in life. (RSS Feed)
Investing Intelligently is a blog by a Vancouver-based fellow Engineer and Software Developer. He writes about passive index investing and other topics related to investing and personal finance. Posts are roughly once every week. (RSS Feed)
Larry MacDonald, author of books on Nortel (TSX: NT) and Bombardier (TSX: BBD.SV.B) and columnist for Investor’s Digest and Canadian Business Online, writes the Investment Ideas blog for Canadian Business magazine. The blog has been in existence since January 2006 and Mr. MacDonald posts frequently “to share facts and ideas that are by turns enlightening, entertaining and, yes, profitable”. The RSS feed can be obtained here.
Investment Jungle promises “to empower individual investors to gain the knowledge, skill and confidence required to invest in high quality stocks”. The blog features analysis of individual stocks using rules found in Phil Towne’s Rule # 1 book. (RSS Feed)
Investoid is written by a 25-year old former tech entrepreneur from Alberta. The blog mostly deals with investment topics and individual stocks are sometimes discussed. (RSS Feed)
The Investor Class is a blog written by Jean-François Leclerc, an economics and finance student from Montreal. Though the blog has been in existence for only two months, Jean-François writes detailed and insightful posts on investing and finance (for instance, check out his detailed analysis of the performance of actively managed funds). Posts are roughly once or twice a week.
While not strictly a financial blog, the McGill Management Blog provides a forum to discuss business topics. (RSS Feed)
Middle Class Millionaire is written by a 27-year old, who wants to retire by the time he is forty. He is off to a great start by assembling a $100,000 portfolio of stocks, mutual funds, bonds and cash and discusses his stock ideas on his blog. (RSS Feed)
The brand new blog Million Dollar Journey is written by a 27-year old who wants to accumulate a net worth of $1 million by the time he is 35. He is off to a good start and reports a net worth of $200K, which would place him between the 50th and 70th percentile for all age groups. (RSS Feed)
To One Million and Beyond is written by Matt who is 29 years old and deep in debt and yet wants to have a million dollars (surprise!) in liquid assets by the time he is 35. It’s a bit hard to tell this is a Canadian blog but Matt writes thoughtful posts on how he deals with his debt. (RSS Feed)
In Re: money, a 27 year-old Torontonian promises to discuss issues specific to Canadian small business, self-employment and taxes and investing, though I can’t say I am a fan of buying penny stocks. (RSS Feed)
Actuary Promod Sharma writes the Riscario Insider Blog. He explains that “riscario” is a combination of risk, care and scenarios and writes to “help Canadians learn about financial risks and how to reduce them”. (RSS Feed)
Almost all personal finance blogs are written by average Joes or journalists, so it is refreshing to read a blog like SteadyHand, written by someone with a lot of first-hand experience within the asset management business. The author, Tom Bradley, was recently President and CEO of the well-regarded mutual fund firm Phillips, Hager & North and is working on launching his own mutual fund. The blog features “observations on investing, the mutual fund industry, and other stuff”. (RSS Feed)
StingyFinance “provides free daily educational articles relating to personal finance, real estate and investing”. (RSS Feed)
The Wealthy Boomer, is a blog written by Jonathan Chevreau, personal finance columnist for The National Post. Posts are fairly lengthy and cover all topics related to money. (RSS Feed)
Inactive Blogs:
DIY Finances: The author, a federal government employee living in Ottawa, writes about his personal journey to financial independence. He plans to learn, share and discuss real estate investments and hopes to own an income-producing property in the future. Posts are roughly once every day and covers varied topics like indexing, book reviews, course reviews and how-to articles.
The Earning Curve is a blog by a Mechanical Engineer who shares the experience, knowledge, and challenges of a beginning Canadian investor. His goal is to become educated and effective at maintaining healthy personal finance habits, with a focus on eventual wealth building. The goal of his blog is to offer up his investing ideas, issues, and his portfolio, and allow the reader to learn, evaluate and hopefully discuss his process.
A Frugal Focus: An Ontario-based blogger records his personal finance decisions, rants and occasional insights in achieving his financial goals. The author has very specific goals: accumulating a capital of $197,870.62 in his retirement accounts and $308,446.64 in a taxable account invested in dividend-paying equities by 2020. The blog provides useful tips on saving money and also points out the total annual savings generated by each tip.
