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How to talk yourself out of using credit when you can (or can’t) afford to pay cash

The epidemic of mindless scrolling has become a part of our everyday lives. Thankfully, there are methods for reducing this bad habit.

The idea of debt for some, feels like a burden and a weight that can make it prohibitive in the process of achieving wealth.

One of the key challenges people face in retirement is how to determine the right amount of money to take out of their investment accounts each year.

We are rapidly headed towards the fall/winter season. This is the time of year to take stock of your finances, reassess financial goals, and see what damage (if any) summer did to your finances.

Matching your desired retirement lifestyle to your spending can be a challenge for singles, as they can’t easily share costs, David Aston writes.

Here’s how economists are reacting to the latest Canadian GDP report:

Kelley Keehn, founder of Money Wise Workplaces, talks to the Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about how to budget for back-to-school spending amid soaring inflation and high interest rates while also offering some creative ideas to help parents and kids save.

While it might be exciting to see your money grow for the first time, investing can also seem daunting, especially because it involves assuming some level of risk. Below are tips from experts on how to dip your toes in the market without sinking.

If you live in the path of wildfires in this country (as, sadly, growing numbers of Canadians do), you’re painfully aware of their tremendous toll. But even if you’re nowhere near the flames, the cost is high, and growing.
The damage from this summer’s fires across the country has already been shown in big-picture economic data.