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Is the Bidding Lust Over?
July 29, 201031 Comments
Over the past year, the average home in Vancouver has risen in price to almost $1 million. Yup, you can get a nice little 2000 square foot place for a cool mil. That should make some people stop and scratch their heads. Sure, the good news is that the prices went up 14%, but the [...]
T&T : Oh Crap! Edition
July 28, 201014 Comments
Some people lead lives of quiet desperation. Sometimes because of who they love, or the hand fate has dealt them, people come to feel there is no way out. That is a very sad place to be. And it breaks my heart when I get letters like these from people who just don’t know what [...]
The Risks with Bonds
July 27, 201016 Comments
New Sticky Situation at the end. Also, Question 2 in our new feature on the Success Post called Thinking Things Through. Head on over and add your 2 bits. And remember to vote on this week’s poll.
Since a bond’s return is based on time and interest rates, bonds suffer from interest rate risk. If rates fall, [...]
Managing Your Monthly Bills
July 26, 201031 Comments
I’m always amazed by people. I was having lunch with an acquaintance (she hasn’t seen me in my undies yet, so she hasn’t made it to “friend”). She was telling me all about how she stresses out every month when it comes time to pay the bills. Here’s a woman who manages a household with [...]
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Gail Vaz-Oxlade
Hello! I'm Gail Vaz-Oxlade. I'm a mother, step-mother, grand-mama, friend, confessor, writer, TV host, money maven, teacher, artist, and ex-wife. I'm loud, large and laugh a lot. I'm passionate about learning, committed to sharing and hell-bent on getting people to take control of their money and their lives.
I've written 13 books on personal finance, hundreds of articles for the financial media, published a financial magazine for women, hosted three prime-time television shows and worked with Canada’s leading financial services companies to help educate employees and clients. (I've been busy, eh?)
My corporate projects have ranged from the design of a product knowledge and sales curriculum to cover every product sold through the branch network, to the writing of several consumer-oriented brochures, the development of web content, the on-camera hosting of consumer-oriented videos, and myriad public presentations. I can make the most complex financial topic accessible to everyone, even kids.
For those of you who have detected an accent, go ahead and guess! I immigrated to Canada in 1977, lived in The Big City for a long time and then moved to the country. I have dozens of houseplants, read or listen to about 150 books a year and I'm a fabulous cook. I’m learning to knit and dying to get a new puppy… but the time’s not quite right yet so I’m practicing what I preach and being patient.
I’m all about change, and I believe that we can have anything we want in life…anything. It’s all a matter of what’s important to us and how hard we’re prepared to bust our butts. I also believe that a well-balanced life is one of the keys to happiness, and so I strive to achieve a sense of balance.
I’m happy with my life. I am determined to do interesting work and to be useful. I love to learn new things. And I’m practicing living in The Now. I am a work in progress.
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