by Joseph Francis | Sep 14, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Employment, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Insurance, Investing, Investments, Jobs, Joseph James Francis, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Money Momma, Net Worth, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Saving, Saving Money, Tax-Free Savings Account, TFSA, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Friday, September 14, 2018 A Blueprint to Financial Success I try my best to make personal finance as simple as possible. My industry is full of convoluted advice that confuses people, sometimes intentionally. The real success stories are not a wonder stock or a sharp... 
by Joseph Francis | Sep 12, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Credit, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Lines of Credit, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Saving, Saving Money, Student Debt, Student Loan Debt, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 When NOT to Pay Down Debt As Soon As Possible If you know me at all or have read any of my posts in the past, you know that I absolutely despise debt. I think all debt is bad with very few exceptions. I believe that the plague of debt is... 
by Joseph Francis | Sep 10, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Net Worth, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Retirement, Retirement Planning, RRSP, Saving, Saving Money, Tax-Free Savings Account, TFSA, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Monday, September 10, 2018 Is Early Retirement Possible? When I sit down with a new client for the first time I always end our conversation with a question on retirement. The question, “When do you want to retire,” always brings up a broad range of answers. I hear... 
by Joseph Francis | Sep 6, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Credit, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Debt, Debt Consolidation, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Joseph James Francis, Lines of Credit, Minimalism, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Saving, Saving Money, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Thursday, September 6, 2018 10 Ways to Keep Your Credit Score on Point Credit scores are a hazy mystery to most people. The truth is, you never really know what causes yours to get up and down sometimes. What we do know is there are certain things you can do to make... 
by Joseph Francis | Sep 4, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Debt, Education Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Insurance, Investing, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Millennials, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Registered Education Savings Plan, RESP, Saving, Saving Money, Student Debt, Student Loan, Student Loan Debt, Teaching Children About Money, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 10 Things College Kids can do to Save Money Welcome back to September Bosses! For someone like me, September signals the end of summer, so it is very unwelcomed. For many, it signals back to school, a memory I know quite well. My own College... 
by Joseph Francis | Aug 27, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Credit Cards, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Insurability, Insurance, Investing, Investments, Jobs, Joseph James Francis, Millennials, Minimalism, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Saving, Saving Money, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Monday, August 27, 2018 The 30-Something’s Guide to Wealth Being 30 isn’t easy. When you were 20 everything made sense, well at least it seems like it now. Where is the party at, order pizza, call in sick for work. As a 34-year-old I have no desire to party, pizza... 