by Joseph Francis | Jan 15, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Debt, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Minimalism, Money, Registered Retirement Savings Plan
Monday, January 15, 2018 What is Financial Independence? One of the pillars of our society is independence. We all want to be independent and have no reliance on anyone else. We all wish to be free to do what we wish and not have to answer to a higher authority.... 
by Joseph Francis | Jan 12, 2018 | Bitcoin, Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cryptocurrency, Diversification, Diversify, Diversify Investments, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Long Term Investing, Stock Exchange, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Friday, January 12, 2018 Invest in Bitcoin??……. Nope The world of cryptocurrency has taken the investment community by storm. Everywhere I turn its Bitcoin this or Altcoin that. I have had several people in the know explain to me exactly how Bitcoin works and to be... 
by Joseph Francis | Jan 11, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Employment, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Jobs, Joseph James Francis, Money, Saving, Saving Money, Small Business, Wealth
Thursday, January 11, 2018 Southern Ontario: The Next Silicon Valley? A key loss for the area in which we live, Southern Ontario, was the decline in manufacturing. For the past few decades, little by little major manufacturers have been disappearing. A major reason... 
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 9, 2018 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, CMHC, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independece, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Home Buyer's Plan, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Mortgage Insurance, Mortgage Loan Insurance, Mortgage Planning, Mortgage Rates, Mortgages, Retirement Planning, Saving, Saving for a Down Payment, Saving Money, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Planning
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 A Wild Ride – The Canadian Housing Market in 2018 The past few years have seen the Canadian Housing Market go through “stock market” like growth. The whole country was intrigued and perplexed as we saw home prices skyrocket,... 