Financial Education

Reading ranks as one of the most popular hobbies in Canada with more than half of Canadians claiming to read between 1 and 5 books per year, some people reading up to 50. It’s a habit that many successful people keep throughout their lives. According to reports, Microsoft founder Bill Gates reads about 50 books […]

Your headphones can make you wealthy. If you want to achieve financial independence, you need to level up your financial literacy. But who has time to find and read all the personal finance content out there? As a busy working mom with two tiny humans, I certainly don’t have the time or energy to open […]

To achieve financial freedom, you can earn more money with a side hustle, or you can forget and relearn everything you think you know about money. Canadians have questions, and they turn to places like Reddit or personal finance blogs for advice built for life in Canada. FIRE, which is the acronym for Financial Independence, Retire […]

Would you like fries with that prediction? Big Macs, unclaimed corpses, and diaper rashes can tell us a lot about market trends. These weird economic indicators look beyond the traditional metrics of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, and unemployment. Instead, they spotlight oddball data that can help predict where the economy might be headed and […]

What compels you to open a personal finance newsletter? The quality of its content? Its relevance in your life? The ease with which the right amount of information falls on your lap? Instead of drowning in a sea of financial information, passionate and sympathetic writers are here to prepare newsletters for you. What are the […]

Whether you are completely new to the world of personal finance or have already figured out how to fund your retirement, personal finance courses are a great way to improve your financial literacy. Basic courses can be a simple, non-intimidating way to ease into a healthier financial future. Similarly, specialized courses (such as investing or […]

Tiktok is life for a lot of people, and it’s full of content creators offering suggestions on all aspects of finance. They can’t call it actual advice for legal reasons but we can call them Fintokers!  Financial Tiktokers centre their content around a few major areas in the finance niche: getting started with stocks and […]

The stock market crashes once in awhile, but every time, many people believe this time, the market could defy the gravity, because this time is different. It’s been said before the dot com bubble in 2000 and the subprime mortgage crisis at almost ten years ago. Today’s market is clearly on fire now; in fact, […]

There is no shortage of resources out there to help educate yourself on personal finance. You can visit YouTube channels, read books, or attend seminars to learn about the topic. However, one of the absolute best ways to learn is by hearing directly from people who are already where you want to be in life. […]

At Hardbacon, we know our readers are always trying to improve their own financial health and create a better life for themselves. Many of us do this by learning through online communities, like Facebook groups, in which members bring value to one another. Some of the best investing and money content available is created by […]

Barry Choi is true personal finance machine. He’s the prolific blogger behind the Money We Have blog, a self-directed investor and a collaborator on many specialized websites such as MoneySense, RateHub and more. He’s also an avid traveler and he’s accomplishing all this while holding a full time production job at City TV. I reached out […]

We all think our parents know everything right? No? Well, I think everybody can at least admit that at one point or another, we all believed our parents could do no wrong. But as Millennials begin to navigate their way through the complex and often messy world of “adulthood,” I think we can all agree […]