by Joseph Francis | Jan 19, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Long Term Investing, Money, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Retirement, Retirement Planning, RRSP, RRSP versus TFSA, Saving, Saving Money, Tax-Free Savings Account, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Friday, January 19, 2018 Freedom 55? Is that even possible? If you go back 40 years ago, early retirement was much more common. It makes sense when you think about it. If you were only living until age 70, you might want more than 5 years in retirement. These days it... 
by Joseph Francis | Jan 10, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Dollar Cost Averaging, ETF's, Exchange Traded Funds, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Fixed Income, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Money, RDSP, Registered Disability Savings Plan, Registered Education Savings Plan, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, RESP, Retirement, RRSP, RRSP versus TFSA, Saving, Saving Money, Stock Exchange, Stocks, Tax-Free Savings Account, TFSA, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Will the Boom Continue? Investment Trends for 2018 Since the dawn of the great recession in 2008, we have seen 9 straight years of growth. We are in the midst of the longest bull market in the history the stock market. While this uptick has... 
by Joseph Francis | Jan 5, 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 Independece, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Insurance, Investment Strategy, Investments, Jobs, Joseph James Francis, Long Term Investing, Millennials, Mortgage Planning, Mortgage Rates, Pay Yourself First, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Saving, Saving for a Down Payment, Saving Money, Tax, Taxes, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Friday, January 5, 2017 9 Things to Watch For in 2018 With 2017 in the rear-view mirror, one thing we can all agree on is that it was covered in a glaze of uncertainty. The world seems like it is a scary place out there, more and more reason to not watch the news. If... 
by Joseph Francis | Jan 4, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Debt, Emergency Savings, Employment, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Joseph James Francis, Money, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Retirement, Retirement Planning, RRSP, Saving Money, Tax-Free Savings Account, TFSA, Whole Life Insurance
Thursday, January 4, 2018 Taking 2018 Month by Month – A Guide to Prosperity (PART 2) Yesterday we started a month by month timeline of tasks to focus on each month of 2018. Today we will continue on for the last half of the year starting in July. Let’s get this... 
by Joseph Francis | Jan 3, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Insurance, Investing, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Money, Retirement, Retirement Planning, RRSP, RRSP versus TFSA, Saving Money, Tax-Free Savings Account, TFSA, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Wednesday, January 3, 2018 Taking 2018 Month by Month – A Guide to Prosperity (PART 1) I am a big believer in setting goals and think that every month should be a stepping stone to the greatest goal of all, financial freedom. As 2018 is just beginning, having a set of... 
by Joseph Francis | Dec 21, 2017 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Credit, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Investing, Joseph James Francis, Pay Yourself First, Retirement, Saving, Saving Money, Tax-Free Savings Account, Teaching Children About Money, Wasteful Spending
Thursday, December 21, 2017 (Originally Posted: Friday, October 20th, 2017) The Master of Money: Gail Vaz-Oxlade As I have mentioned many times in previous posts, my journey financially hasn’t always been a rosy one. You name it, I’ve done it. Lines of credit, maxed... 