Personal Finance Canada

As with many Mint users I was looking for a alternative when they announced their shutdown.

TLDR: Cashew is pretty good and free

I tested a few of the auto scraping alternatives (YNAB, Wealthica) but even though they were paid they didn't even have all the financial institutions.

Then I looked into manually entry and the top suggestion of Google Forms which turned out to be a pretty limited hack of a solution.

Finally stumbled on Cashew that had a proper mobile app, desktop web app, widgets, csv export. Perk of it also being free and open source(aka FOSS).

The whole app is actually impressively refined and noticeably better than the Mint Android app ever was.

As someone who had about 10,000 transactions in Mint from 2014 I was pretty hesitant on the switching to manual entry but everything is so streamlined it only takes 20 seconds from picking up my phone to entering a transaction once you have things setup.

1. Touch widget
2. Enter title
3. Choose Category
4. Enter amount

Few cons

• Some syncing issues between the Android and Web App

• General lack of documentation.

• When a Main Category has Sub Category it'll add a extra step for the SubCat every time you enter a transaction. Otherwise entering a transaction is 3 steps from a home screen.

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Welp, Wealthica has just been enshittified. Whereas up until recently you could view all your banks/brokerages/assets with updated values, you now have to have a paid subscription.

Anyone know any alternatives? Or do we go crawling back to manual spreadsheets?

Each week, we invite you to join this open conversation on a wide range of financial topics. Whether you’re interested in real estate, investments, the stock market, salary-related queries, or simply have general questions about managing your finances, this post is for you.

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Each week, we invite you to join this open conversation on a wide range of financial topics. Whether you’re interested in real estate, investments, the stock market, salary-related queries, or simply have general questions about managing your finances, this post is for you.

Feel free to participate, regardless of your level of experience or specific interests in finance, and share your questions and experiences!

I'm not sure if others listen to his podcast, but I find it quite interesting. It offers an insightful dive into how different couples manage their finances, and more.

I'll admit I kind of like his Rich Life concept, although I personally don't think I'm at a point I can really apply it. His conscious spending plan, though overly simplistic in my view, serves as a good introduction to proper budgeting. It's likely sufficient for many who prefer not to invest too much time in detailed budget management. This approach also helps in understanding why one might feel financially constrained (my wife and I used his system to analyze our spending and realized we have very high fixed costs which probably explains why we often feel financially tight).

He also interviews Canadians occasionally, which was the case in today's episode. However, most numbers are converted to USD for the discussion.

Are there other listeners in the community?

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Since to my knowledge, WS trade doesn't allow Norbert's gambit and has a 1.5% forex fee, then does that leave Questrade as my best option to convert $USD to $CAD? I'd only use that account to exchange and then withdraw.

I have shares in Computershare that are no longer restricted (I can sell), however they are listed as 423b Subject to disqualification. If I sell them before waiting the full 2 years for the $USD shares to be qualified, do they get taxed as regular income instead of capital gains? Planning to convert to $CAD to invest after selling.

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Hello everyone,

I've noticed that participation in our daily posts has been declining lately. This makes me wonder if these posts are still meeting your expectations and interests.

Do you think I should continue posting daily? Do they add value to our community?

Please feel free to share your ideas, suggestions, and opinions. If you have any other proposals for improving our community, I'm all ears.

EDIT : Following the first comments, it seems we're going to move to a weekly discussion thread, probably on Friday or Monday. Thank you all for commenting and don't hesitate to chime in if you have any other idea or opinion.

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