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How to Pay Less and Save More For Yourself: The Essential Consumer Guide to Canadian Banking and Investing
From Canada’s leading expert on consumer banking, this easy-to-read, indispensable book will help you keep your hard-earned money working for you.
Canadians are savvy consumers of everything – except financial products. We comparison shop for new cars and new clothes, but when it comes to our money, most of us passively hand it over to banks and other institutions. The result? Our earnings languish in bank accounts that pay out zero interest while raining down fees, or in mutual funds that make more money for the people running them than for investors.
This book is the written especially for Canadians, it is the definitive guide to getting the best possible deal on everything from savings accounts to mortgages to RRSPs. Rob Carrick puts the key information in the reader’s hands through comparison charts, rankings and easy-to-follow tables, as well as good old-fashioned advice. He explains how to construct a banking profile, where to find the best bargains in financial services, how online banking and investing is changing everything, and much more.
This book shows how to get the best while paying the least, so you can use your money for the things you really want and need.
Canadians are savvy consumers of everything – except financial products. We comparison shop for new cars and new clothes, but when it comes to our money, most of us passively hand it over to banks and other institutions. The result? Our earnings languish in bank accounts that pay out zero interest while raining down fees, or in mutual funds that make more money for the people running them than for investors.
This book is the written especially for Canadians, it is the definitive guide to getting the best possible deal on everything from savings accounts to mortgages to RRSPs. Rob Carrick puts the key information in the reader’s hands through comparison charts, rankings and easy-to-follow tables, as well as good old-fashioned advice. He explains how to construct a banking profile, where to find the best bargains in financial services, how online banking and investing is changing everything, and much more.
This book shows how to get the best while paying the least, so you can use your money for the things you really want and need.
- GenresFinance
256 pages, Paperback
First published December 26, 2006
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January 17, 2018
A little dated but still the main principles are still very valid.
November 23, 2016
Still a worthwhile read despite its age. I found the first few chapters to really deal with what one might call common sense finance but the final few were helpful in that they provided decent explanations of a variety of financial products.
February 12, 2008
A great guide for navigating the Canadian financial institution maze.
September 15, 2014
book is very basic and defiantly dated
December 24, 2014
Great guide for novice investor. You can learn the advantages and disadvantages of mutual fund, index fund, and ETF. This is a must read if you want to become a DIY investor.
September 12, 2015
A little outdated for a 2015 read. The book was published before TFSAs were a thing. But it has solid advice in it.
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