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Are your in-laws moving in? And are you buying a bigger house? Should you invest in a financial planner? Here you’ll find tips from experts and resources masalamommas use to learn about balancing that big life change while still saving for your child’s RESP and a whole lot more.

How To Never Pay Full Price Again

By Rubina Ahmed-Haq As a consumer you have choice, you don’t have to pay full price and we don’t need to be fooled by the MSRP (Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price). I sat down with Cotter Cunningham, the CEO of RetailMeNot.com, to talk about avoiding retail and not paying full price.

Budgeting For Your In-laws Moving In: Part 2

Part 2 of Budgeting for that Big Life Change: The in-laws moving in In our first issue, we had Part 1 of this story and financial journalist, Rubina Ahmed-Haq wrote about how to start thinking about financial changes to your life with a pending move by your in-laws to become

A Family Affair: Your Kids Their Money, Your Values

By Rubina Ahmed-Haq Talking to your children about money can be as difficult as talking to them about sex. But both conversations are equally important.   As a financial journalist,  I think the “money talk” is more important than the “sex talk”.  Money, finance and economics are not taught in elementary