Mostly Money
Why does coffee taste better when you pay with cash? How did a victim of human trafficking take her knowledge of how the money flows in that world to become a law enforcement consultant? How does an economist think about Bitcoin? There's so much more to money than just investment portfolios.Mostly Money not only teaches you how to take control of your finances, it explores the full world of all things money with expert interviews conducted by Preet Banerjee (former television host for Oprah Winfrey).
Episodes
61 episodes
105: Andrew Hallam's new book 'Balance'
In his new book, Balance, Andrew Hallam not only explains evidence-based strategies for providing the best odds of success in the stock market, he provides a lot more than that. The book helps you answer other important questions...
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104: Robin Taub on how to teach your children about money
Robin Taub returns to talk about her latest book, The Wisest Investment: Teaching your kids to be responsible, independent and money-smart for life. We chat about the common concerns parents bring up with Robin with respect to ...
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103: Erica Alini, author of "Money Like You Mean it"
I’m joined by Erica Alini to talk about her new book: Money Like You Mean It - Personal Finance Tactic...
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102: Dan Bortolotti - The godfather of index investing in Canada
Dan Bortolotti is the creator of the Canadian Couch Potato blog, and host of the (soon to be resurrected?) Canadian Couch Potato podcast. He is THE authority on index investing in Canada and has just written a new book,
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101: Using exchange-traded funds to build or improve portfolios with Kevin Prins from BMO ETFs
This episode is sponsored by BMO ETFs #adI speak with Kevin Prins from BMO Global Asset Management about how ETFs can be used for building and improving almost any investor's portfolio. Specific topics covered:What a...
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100: Peter Mansbridge - Off the Record
Welcome to the 100th and final episode, at least for a while, of Mostly Money. I wanted to have a special guest for this send off show, and I don’t think I can top who offered to help me out. You know when people say, our next gues...
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99: Cait Flanders on the Adventures in Opting Out
Cait Flanders is back. Previously my guest on episode 63 in March of 2018, she is the author of Wall Street Journal bestseller, THE YEAR OF LESS. Described by Vogue magazine as “a fascinating look into a living experiment that we can all learn ...
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98: Does ESG investing lead to better returns for investors?
You’ve likely heard terms like ESG investing, sustainable investing, impact investing, socially responsible investing and others. But are they all the same? Today’s guest is the head of ESG at Research Affiliates. And we’re going to tackle some...
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97: Ben Rabidoux on how Housing defied the worst economic downturn in history
What explains the meteoric rise in Canadian home prices off of a backdrop of 3 million jobs initially lost back in early 2020 with many businesses forced to be shut down and with lockdown, after lockdown? Well if there’s one person...
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96: A psychiatrist's perspective on financial decision making under acute or chronic stress
In this episode, you’re going to hear from a psychiatrist on a number of topics directly and tangentially related to finances and financial decision making. Later in the episode we talk about some financial behaviours under acute mental distres...
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95: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain and more, explained by economist Andreas Park
If bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain have you feeling confused, THIS podcast episode is for you. There is a strong correlation between bitcoin cheerleading and bitcoin’s price. Whenever the cryptocurrency has seen a rapid in...
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94: Buying a car without haggling? The Future Retail Model of selling cars
Some people love car shopping… Others dread it. But like any industry, technological advancements have changed the landscape. When trading in an old vehicle, it used to be hard to really know what a good price might be. But for years now, you c...
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93: Obolx - A visual timeline of your family's life planning
Michael Meyer is the founder of Obolx.com - an app that helps you visualize your personal goals alongside your financial and health milestones for your entire family. Powered by AI, and using a stacked timeline visualization, it promises to hel...
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92: Darin Diehl's story about getting laid off, having a heart attack, and getting cancer
Darin Diehl has a long history of working in the financial services as an educator and marketer. But in late 2019, he was laid off from his job. Then, in early 2020, he had a heart attack. While being diagnosed and treated for that, doctors als...
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91: Alyssa Davies from MixedUpMoney.com
Alyssa Davies joins the show to talk about how couples can talk about money. Our wide ranging conversation covers the "breadwinner mentality" and how that can cause problems in the dynamics of a relationship, how and when to start talking serio...
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90: We need to talk a lot more about not dying with Dr. Daren Heyland
There is a BIG difference between End Of Life Planning and Serious Illness Planning.If you think estate planning is getting your wills and powers of attorney or healthcare directives set up for taking care of things when you die or are ...
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89: President of BMO InvestorLine on exploding trading activity for discount brokerages in 2021
In this episode I speak with the president of BMO InvestorLine, Silvio Stroescu, to get his response to the long wait times for clients calling in for customer service that all discount brokerages seem to be experiencing. Silvio pr...
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88: Erica Ehm on personal and professional reinvention
Erica Ehm was one of the first MuchMusic VJs, shaping and influencing an entire generation of Canadians. Her career has seen a series of reinventions. After defining the role of music television host, she became a successful songwriter winning ...
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87: Online Estate Planning with Willful CEO Erin Bury
Erin Bury is the co-founder and CEO at Willful, an online estate planning platform that makes it easy for Canadians to create a will in less than 20 minutes. Topics covered:Esta...
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86: A Multi-Level Marketing survivor tells all
David Pride was sponsored into a multi-level marketing organization at the tender age of just 15 years old. By the time he was 16, they realized he was a naturally gifted speaker on stage. Over the next three years he would recruit over 150 peo...
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85: How a securities dealership's structure impacts financial advice
Founding and managing partner of Aligned Capital Partners, Christopher Enright, joins the podcast to discuss a bit about how the dealership platform an advisor uses can impact advice. With consumer preferences for how they pay for advice and pr...
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84: Human Trafficking Survivor turned Financial Crimes Consultant Timea Nagy
Human trafficking survivor, author, speaker and social advocate, Timea Nagy, immigrated to Canada in 1998. Her nightmare unfolded in Toronto in that same year after arriving from Budapest, Hungary in the hopes of finding meaningful employment. ...
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83: Justwealth CEO Andrew Kirkland
The CEO of robo-advisor Justwealth drops by to explain their offering, the differences and similarities to other robo-advisors in Canada, and introduces me to mushroom coffee.
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82: Commercial Real Estate Insider Dak Molnar on Landbaron.ca
Dak Molnar is the Managing Director of the Molnar group, a commercial real estate developer and investment company. He joined me on the show to talk about Land Baron (http://www.landbaron.ca), a prospective new way for regular investors to part...
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