Cashco Financial

Let’s get Budgeting

Financial Literacy, General
          We’re going to cut to the chase: The foundation for sound financial decisions is a budget. If you don’t have one, you need one. If you do have one, you need to review your budget every month to make sure your budget is working. What IS a budget? Your budget…
Read More

Starting an Emergency Fund

Accounts, Education, Financial Literacy, General
No matter where you are in your financial Journey Mental health and financial stress are strongly linked! For example, people with debt are three times more likely to have a mental health problem such as anxiety or depression. Long term stress Financial surprises like car repairs, vet bills and job loss usually don’t give you time to adjust your budget. Stressing about your…
Read More

Top 10 Budget-Friendly May Long Weekend Activities

Canada, Community, General
    Enjoy this long weekend without breaking the bank!   Whether you’re spending it outside with friends, or indoors with your family, long weekends are the mini holidays we all look forward to. At Cashco, we know spending money on yourself or doing fun things with the family isn’t always in the budget, so here…
Read More

5 Things You’ll Want to Shop Around For

Financial Literacy, General
          Back in the olden days (you know, pre-Internet), comparison shopping meant flipping through flyers and clipping coupons. Or going from car lot to car lot kicking tires and haggling. Now, you can search out almost ANYTHING online before you buy (even before you get dressed). To close out Financial Literacy…
Read More

5 Secret Ways for Students to Save Money

Financial Literacy, General
          Life as a post-secondary student can be many things — busy, exciting, challenging, exhausting — but cheap is not one of them. After tuition, books, housing, transportation, food, and hopefully some fun, if you’re like most students, there’s little or no money left. If saving seems impossible, we get it.…
Read More

Grab Hold! Money Teachable Moments

General
          Precious, timely, unplanned things happen every now and then when it comes to our money… granting you the opportunity to zero in on a situation and turn it into a ‘teachable moment’ for your kids! Maybe the lesson was not possible before because they didn’t notice, weren’t ready, or were…
Read More

Teach Kids to Make Smart $ Choices

General
          Making purchases is a part of our daily life, amounting sometimes to over a thousand transactions each year for the average adult. But how many of these transactions are actually ‘smart’ money decisions? And when it comes to children who are dealing with a very limited amount of money, how…
Read More

Be A Money Role Model

General
          Did you know that you can help your children discover and develop positive behaviors by modeling those same behaviours in yourself? YOU are your child’s first and most important teacher, so you can count on the fact that they are watching and learning from you every day. That’s called Social…
Read More
Load More
Menu