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Dear Dave, I’ve got about $3,000 in credit card debt. Would it be a good idea to transfer the balance from my credit card to another one that has a much lower interest rate? — Tammi Dear Tammi, Lots of people who find themselves in your shoes make t...

Dear Dave, Why do I need a will if I’m still young and haven’t acquired a lot of wealth? Laura Dear Laura, In a case like yours, you don’t need a complicated will. But you do need an inexpensive, basic will. The larger and more complicated your estat...

We all want to do nice things for our loved ones. We go on family trips and celebrate life’s wins together. It’s sometimes difficult for us to consider the bad things that can happen in life, but we still have to be prepared. That’s why having a will...

Overworked. Overscheduled. Overconnected. That’s the world we live in today. It’s overwhelming to say the least. The US Bureau of Labour Statistics found, on average, people with full-time jobs work more than the 40 hours required of them during the...

Dear Dave, I had about $12,000 in debt when my husband and I got married three years ago. Since that time, we’ve been given cash gifts from my parents from time to time, and we keep having discussions on how to use this kind of money when it is given...

Dear Dave, My wife is so charged up after reading your books, and now she is determined to get us out of debt. I know this is good idea, but I just don’t have the passion for it she does. There are also some things I really don’t want to give up. Do ...

In order to win in life, your teen is going to need a solid plan for everything — including their money! If they learn to budget today, they can avoid some common money mistakes and start building a strong financial future ASAP. They might need a fr...

Last year was among the worst for so-called value stocks based on data going back to 1925, according to Andrew Ang, director of BlackRock Inc’s $210 billion factor strategies group and this week’s guest on Masters in Business. But here’s the key: hol...

A basic stylised fact of financial markets is that active investment managers, as a group, do not outperform a monkey throwing darts at the stock tables. This is an embarrassing stylised fact, but you cannot, if you are an active manager, feel too b...

Dear Dave, I’m on Baby Step 2 of your plan, and I’ll be debt-free except for my home by the end of the year. I have a friend who is very irresponsible with his money, and he often asks to “borrow” cash between paycheques. I don’t want to be cruel, bu...