Continuing from where I left off from the Special GICs offered at Toronto- Dominion Bank (TD), I will start by saying that the Special GICs left to talk about have special circumstances with them that need to be addressed to gain a full understanding.The GIC with Special Pricing is an investment which features a competitive

There are many of us who are far away from going into retirement and it may be the last thing on their mind but with recent changes it would be a wise choice to look into your Canadian Pension Plan (CPP).Jim Flaherty and the provincial Finance Ministers have made significant changes to the CPP which

There are a few articles about bank account, mainly chequing accounts; these accounts have a variety of services – the only problem is that there are so many options to choose from that it makes it difficult to pick the perfect account for you. I will try to help you decide on an account which

I finished writing an article about two bank accounts at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) which offers great benefits and services; however the two bank accounts might not suit everyone’s needs. The two bank accounts I spoke about were RBC No Signature Banking Account and the RBC VIP Banking Account (find the post here).The

As we all know, we are officially in a recession. To confirm what we Canadian have known for month, Statistics Canada announced today that the national economy contracted at an annualized rate of 5.4% in the first quarter.This is following a 3.7% annualized drop in the fourth quarter of 2008, formally meeting the technical definition

It has been a while since I last wrote for this series, no excuse really but I am getting on it now. Last time I spoke about Citizens Bank of Canada, today it will be about the National Bank of Canada. The National Bank of Canada is the sixth largest bank in Canada and its

I recently applied for an upgrade on my MasterCard at my bank, the Bank of Montreal (BMO); so I did the usual – call credit services and apply. The regular routine went on, asked me the few questions and then ended the conversation with “You will know when you are approved in a few days