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A Lap Of The Blogs

Posted by Preet on Feb 25, 2010 | 9 comments

If you are new to WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com, every Friday I run a post called “A Lap Of The Blogs” which provides links to articles I found interesting and think that others may want to read for themselves. I also sometimes include some commentary on what’s going on in my personal life and a weekly “racing video” since my former life was in the auto-racing industry. The name “Lap of the Blogs” is in reference to “A Lap Of The Gods” which is an old video series which chronicled on-board footage of the world’s greatest F1 drivers lapping various racetracks from around the world. NOTE: you have to visit the actual website to see the ...

Lang and O'Leary Exchange Interview CANCELED

Posted by Preet on Feb 24, 2010 | 5 comments

While I was looking forward to being a guest on CBC’s Lang and O’Leary Exchange, there was a conflict with the scheduling which necessitated me being bumped. It may or may not get re-scheduled (and if it does I’ll let you know). This sort of thing happens from time to time, so not completely unexpected. I’m grateful to CBC for even inviting me in the first place, hopefully I’ll get another opportunity in the future…

CANCELED: Watch Me On CBC's Lang And O'Leary Exchange Wednesday February 24th

Posted by Preet on Feb 23, 2010 | 6 comments

This interview was canceled which happens all the time. Perhaps another time! :) I was invited to get grilled by Amanda Lang and Kevin O’Leary on The Lang and O’Leary Exchange on CBC News Network. The show starts at 4:30pm EST on Wednesday February 24th and assuming no last minute guest/schedule changes I’ll probably be on half-way through the show if anyone wants to tune in. If they open up phone lines for calls, please do call in with your questions as I’d love to hear from any readers and their questions. The topic will be RRSPs. Seems like a popular topic lately… :)

iShares Now Commission-Free For Yanks with Fidelity

Posted by Preet on Feb 22, 2010 | 2 comments

I just saw an ad on TV for Fidelity’s trading accounts (available in the United States only). What was interesting is that they are now offering commission free trading on 25 of some of the most popular iShares ETFs. Charles Schwab also offers commission-free trading on their own lineup of proprietary ETFs, but I don’t believe they have any fixed income offerings. Their equity index ETFs are a bit more limited than the commission free list of iShares being offered by Fidelity as well. Take a look here to see the details and ETFs available. Remember, this isn’t available for Canadians. We’re...

GIVEAWAY: 4+ Free Tax Return Preparations From Ufile.ca

Posted by Preet on Feb 21, 2010 | 31 comments

CONTEST NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS. Housekeeping: Last week we had a giveaway from Intuit for their QuickTax program. The winners were comment #9 (Lance D.) and comment #29 (Kel). Congratulations! I’ll be contacting the winners to arrange delivery of their prizes. This week I’m happy to announce that the good people at Ufile.ca contacted me to offer up 2 box copies (8 returns per copy) and 2 online vouchers for Ufile.ca. Just as with QuickTax, I am not receiving any compensation from Ufile, nor do I officially endorse either product. To re-iterate: There will be FOUR winners which means that your chances are pretty good. Contest Rules: You...

A Lap Of The Blogs

Posted by Preet on Feb 18, 2010 | 5 comments

If you are new to WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com, every Friday I run a post called “A Lap Of The Blogs” which provides links to articles I found interesting and think that others may want to read for themselves. I also sometimes include some commentary on what’s going on in my personal life and a weekly “racing video” since my former life was in the auto-racing industry. The name “Lap of the Blogs” is in reference to “A Lap Of The Gods” which is an old video series which chronicled on-board footage of the world’s greatest F1 drivers lapping various racetracks from around the world. NOTE: you have to visit the actual website to see the embedded...

GIVEAWAY: Two Copies of QuickTax Standard from Intuit

Posted by Preet on Feb 17, 2010 | 51 comments

A representative for Intuit contacted me last night to offer up two copies of Intuit’s QuickTax Standard (handles up to 8 returns) for a giveaway on the blog. With the deadline for filing your taxes coming up I thought I would agree to the giveaway if they would explain exactly how they can guarantee the maximum refund possible. Their answer is as follows. Theoretically, if you follow the tax code to the letter, and you know about every possible credit and deduction available to you, you should end up with the same refund/amount owing no matter what method you use to prepare your taxes. In practice, the number can vary quite a lot. Variations in results tend to be...