Deck the debt after you deck the halls

Deck the debt after you deck the halls

If you're interested in the debt snowball method, we have a debt snowball calculator that can help you get started. It also shows how long it could take to get out of debt. Also beware of common misconceptions about settling your debt so you don't get …

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Dirt cheap loan or RRSP withdrawal? Answer these tough questions first

TORONTO — Canadians may be tempted to take advantage of low interest rate loans instead of dipping into their RRSPs before retirement to either buy a home or go back to school. But financial experts warn that while it may be difficult to resist the …

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PRESS DIGEST- Canada- Feb 27

The long-running and multi-million-dollar legal dispute between David Berry and his former employer, Bank of Nova Scotia , has been settled – sparing the two parties what was expected to be a particularly costly, public trial. The settlement comes …

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Even if you borrow to carve out rental space, you can get ahead financially

As an example, home buyers would pay a total of $ 151,381 in interest for a $ 310,000 mortgage, amortized over 25 years at an interest rate of 3.44 per cent (offered recently by Bank of Nova Scotia and Toronto-Dominion Bank for a three-year fixed …

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Moody's proposes updates to its global covered bond rating methodology …

London, 08 January 2015 — Moody's Investors Service is proposing changes to its global approach to rating covered bonds in light of proposed changes to its global bank methodology including the introduction of a new bank counterparty risk (CR) rating.

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Why Robots Could Be Awesome Whistleblowers

Robotic whistle-blowers could identify the types of safety defects that plague the car industry (much safety inspection is already automated) whereas others could be deployed to the banking industry to identify financial irregularities such as mortgage …

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