Money seems to be the cause, and solution, to a lot of our problems in life. How can it be the money can cause so many problems, yet people generally want more money? In this post I will lay out some guidelines to help you figure out where your...

Chances are that you’re reading this because you want to change something about yourself. Since this is Canoosa Finance, it’s probably the balance in your bank account that you want to increase. It could be your weight. Or maybe you want to get into (or out of!) a relationship....

Standing up for ourselves is something that takes practice. It can be hard at first. As with any exercise, though, the more we do it the easier it gets. When things go wrong, we need to stand up for ourselves. A little while back I had a couple of...

Locks can mean different things to different people. Most people when they hear the word “lock” probably think of what a key goes in on a door. Hairdressers would think of hair. The locks I am writing about are also called navigational locks or waterway locks. They are the...

There are a lot of different reasons why we would want to close an account with a company. Maybe we’re moving. We might find a better deal with a competitor. A new job can also get us to change the companies we work with. The challenge comes when with...

Canoosa Finance is not here to get into political debates – money is the topic. The US federal government avoided postponed a shut down due to the annual budget not being agreed on before the current budget expires. This is a great time to look at how we can...

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There is a lot of information about personal finance out there, but what is financial durability? It’s something that Equifax started scoring in 2020 – not that long ago! Equifax is a company that is known as one of the credit bureaus. So, what is it that they are...

Are machines a friend or foe? People have always had a love / hate relationship with technology. Some people love it, others not so much. Computers and AI are just the current technology with which we are learning to live, work, and integrate into our lives. In reality, though,...

There are phrases we still use – even though they don’t really apply any more. As time and technology advances, we can find that we still say some of the same things out of habit. I’m not saying that there’s anything wrong with these expressions. Does it make sense...