Practical advice for life in Canada.
Investing & Accounts
A Canadian guide to buying hyped US-listed tech stocks like Micron, Intel, SpaceX, and Nebius, including tickers, brokerage choices, account types, FX costs, order types, and risks.
8 min read
Investing & Accounts
A Canadian guide to Lean FIRE, Barista FIRE, Coast FIRE and Fat FIRE, with practical account, tax, CPP, OAS, housing, healthcare and retirement-planning tradeoffs.
16 min read
Investing & Accounts
A plain-language guide to TFSA contribution room in Canada, including annual limits, withdrawals, overcontributions, newcomer rules, tracking mistakes, and a link to Canooq's TFSA calculator.
12 min read
Investing & Accounts
A Canadian guide to the SpaceX IPO, including what an IPO is, why SpaceX is hyped, the expected record offering size, how Canadians can buy SpaceX, broker options, Anthropic and OpenAI IPO context, and the risks.
10 min readA Canadian guide to buying hyped US-listed tech stocks like Micron, Intel, SpaceX, and Nebius, including tickers, brokerage choices, account types, FX costs, order types, and risks.
A Canadian guide to Lean FIRE, Barista FIRE, Coast FIRE and Fat FIRE, with practical account, tax, CPP, OAS, housing, healthcare and retirement-planning tradeoffs.
A plain-language guide to TFSA contribution room in Canada, including annual limits, withdrawals, overcontributions, newcomer rules, tracking mistakes, and a link to Canooq's TFSA calculator.
A Canadian guide to the SpaceX IPO, including what an IPO is, why SpaceX is hyped, the expected record offering size, how Canadians can buy SpaceX, broker options, Anthropic and OpenAI IPO context, and the risks.
A practical guide to newcomer bank accounts in Canada, including the banking system, fees, newcomer bonuses, the Big 5 banks, Wealthsimple, Tangerine, and what to open first.
A deeper guide to Canadian Couch Potato investing, including passive indexing, asset allocation, all-in-one ETFs, EQT/GRO/BAL fund names, rebalancing, fees, behaviour, and account choice.
Practical pathways
Move from arrival tasks to banking, credit, housing, phone service, taxes, and a workable first-month plan.
Build a monthly plan, reduce recurring costs, prepare an emergency buffer, and choose the next useful money step.
Compare affordability, prepare rental documents, estimate moving costs, and understand the rent-versus-buy trade-off.
Create practical Canadian letters, checklists, employment records, rental documents, and organized admin files.
