Teri Courchene
Teri is a former economist and director of research at one of Canada's big banks. With an academic background in economics and education, Teri teaches financial literacy at The University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies.
Test Your Financial Savvy
Canadian women lag men when it comes to financial literacy. According to a 2014 study from Statistics Canada, only 15% of women, compared to...
How to be Financially Fit in Your Golden Years
First the good news: Women, currently in their 50s, can expect to live to a median age of 86, outliving men by 4 years....
What to Expect When You are Investing
As an economist, I can tell you that forecasting is easy – it’s the accuracy part that’s hard! When there are so many different...
Three Financial Resolutions For Your Consideration
Most of us approach the new year with excitement but also with trepidation, since we carry with us a long list of resolutions. Let’s...
What’s It Take to Be a One-Percenter in Canada?
We all know that Canada is very different from the United States, and not just in our love of hockey and our “eh” habit....
TFSAs: The Perfect Birthday Gift for Your Kids
Learning-by-doing is the best way. If we want to teach our kids and grandkids about money and investing, we need to get them started...
Bewitched by VIX: How to Handle Market Volatility
The stock market and professional sports have plenty in common. You can build complex statistical models that attempt to predict the winners and losers,...
Learning the Alpha, Beta & Delta of Investment Lingo
I hate to break it to you, but that high school Greek that you thought you had left behind forever is back! As an...
The Tell-All Guide to Investing with ETFs
The first exchange-traded fund in the world, called TIPS, was launched on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1990. (Yeah, Canada!) Back then, choosing an...