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International Students: Things You Should Know About Getting Your Visa for Study in the U.S.

September 2, 2009 · 3 comments

in education, students, travel, universities

International students, it’s that time of year again.  Although statistics show that applications from international students for U.S. universities are down considerably compared to last year, there will still be a significant number of you enrolling this fall.  But in order to get things started at your chosen college, you will need to enter the [...]

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Signing Up For Your New Internet and Phone Service With AT&T or Comcast

August 29, 2009 · 3 comments

in bills, internet, moving to U.S., phone, students, technology, telecom

New students! – it’s that time of year again and you’re probably moving into your new dorm or apartment any day now, if you haven’t yet.  One of the things you’ll need to do is sign up for phone, cable and internet service if it isn’t already provided for for you by your college or [...]

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5 Money Lessons You Should Make Sure You Learn While Still in College or University

April 14, 2009 · 5 comments

in money lessons, students, wealthbuilding

And if you can learn them while still in high school, all the better!  When I was in high school the last thing I was thinking about was money, and that’s not because I had a lot it.  This leads me right into the first lesson, so I’ll just start listing them and commenting on [...]

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Economics, Finance for Canadian Students Going to School in the US

October 25, 2008 · 1 comment

in Canadian, finances, students

Congratulations!  You’ve won a SSHRC or other scholarship from some Canadian entity in order to pursue your education in the U.S… the only problem now is…. your money is worth up to 30% less than its Canadian face value.  Nice!  You didn’t see that coming last year when we were able to solidly out-buy the [...]

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Why You Should First Invest in Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs)

June 10, 2008 · 19 comments

in DRIPs, brokers, cashflow, dividends, investing (general), students

Over the past couple of years, more attention has been given to a type of investment known as dividend reinvestment plans – in both the popular finance news media as well as around the blogosphere.  Yet surprisingly, a lot of people still aren’t familiar with these plans that allow you to invest in stocks with [...]

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Should you invest with your student loans?

May 26, 2008

in ethics, students

I never did this as an undergrad. I assumed it was illegal and unethical. The truth is, though, I never honestly questioned it or investigated it. I knew of someone else who was investing his student loan, however. When I think back on those years now, I’m not sure that I [...]

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8 Ways You Can Start Investing As A Student – Part 1

May 19, 2008

in students

I started investing when I was doing my undergrad degree.  I opened a retirement savings account as soon as I had saved up the minimum amount for it. Since then I have read countless personal finance books – some at the public library, some sitting in the bookstore, many of them I bought – but [...]

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