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What is stealth wealth? It's when you don't show off your money and riches, like this Canadian woman buying apples.

Stealth wealth: How to be secretly rich

The new face of Canadian wealth is less flashy than you might think: paid-off cars, modest homes and quiet financial security over conspicuous spending.

You can’t say no to a wedding

Saying no to a wedding, the couple, money gifts, showers, can all seem like the launch of a feud. But it doesn’t have to be so dramatic.

Two Canadian women, reading a phone message, trying to decide if a website is an AI scam.

Can you spot an AI scam?

Fraud is rampant nowadays, and much more sophisticated than in the past. Here’s how AI-related scams work and how to spot and prevent them.

Two Gen Z talking about the cost of smoking (and its impacts) in Canadian dollars.

Is smoking cool again? It’ll cost you

As more Gen Z pick up smoking, we’re looking at the real costs of this habit.

A Canadian man at a gym who just signed a continuous service contract, not realizing the terms for cancelling his membership. Similar process applies for phone plan, streaming and more.

Can you get out of gym memberships and phone plans contracts?

Trying to cancel subscription contracts isn’t easy, but here’s how one Canadian pulled it off. Plus, recommendations from a lawyer.

A Canadian man reading Forbes “rich list,” wondering about how more money can result in better money management and less problems.

“I just need more money to be better with money”

Is it just rich people who say, “more money, more problems”? Find out how behaviour and mindset is what really determines your finances.

A Canadian man looking at his phone confidently, thinking he's to smart to be scammed.

You’re too smart to fall for a scam, right?

If you think all scams and phishing schemes are easy to spot, you need to read this. And if you don’t, you still need to read this.

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