The Canadian's Guide to Personal Finance for Millennials

by Eric Tyson, Andrew Dagys

FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE, THE CANADIAN WAY Living through a time of financial uncertainty and debt, millennials need financial advice that strikes a balance between saving and spending. With The Canadian's Guide to Personal Finance for Millennials , you can easily organize your finances to build the life you want! Start by figuring out where you stand in terms of savings, spending, expenses, and debt, and make a realistic plan that takes you where you want to go. This book cuts through the clutter and provides the focused advice you need on everything from repaying debt to maximizing Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). HOW TO . . .

192 pages, Hardcover

Published July 18, 2019

Reviews

[a l e x ✨ · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 star—I didn't like it / parts of it were okay.

This book was hard to get through, and it wasn't even that long. The financial information is a good starting point, no doubt about that. What I had a problem with is the judgments that the author made. For example, it mentions spending money on makeup and how some people find that worthwhile, but that women look fine and in most cases better without it. Excuse me, but I don't remember asking.

The author also notes that when you have children, if they want a lot of the newest gadgets, perhaps they should be spending less time watching tv. And maybe you should record their shows so you can fast-forward through the commercials for those products when you watch them together.

Basically, the unnecessary judgments really took away from the helpful information.

[adelia ☾ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Picked this up at Indigo because it was on sale and I love to sharpen my financial knowledge. Discovered a big grammatical error on the FIRST PAGE, and then the rest of it just textbook basic stuff. He really describes what a website is..... ??

Bad. Should have saved my $10, that's the only financial advice I learned from reading this.

Edit: just found a quote on page 10: "Notice the first four letters of the world analysis" WHAT? 😂

Edit x 2: I spoke to the author and he was super petty, wouldn't answer my questions about the errors and he blocked me on Linkedin. So.... yeah. Steer clear!

[Isabella · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I could give this book 0 stars, I would

[Brian Gray · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[massive rat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don’t spend too much money ‼️‼️

[SOMI · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not sure how this got published haha. Insanely basic stuff and very outdated mentality so actually not relevant.

[Hakeem · Rating 1 out of 5]

Save yourself the time and do not read this book. It’s littered with dated information, generic advice and grammatical errors to boot. It goes beyond me how a 2019 book geared towards millennials is explaining what a website is.

[Sidney Taylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐️

Half of the information in this book wasn’t relevant to my life and the other half I was already doing. However, I would recommend this book to people who spend a lot and don’t know how to budget.