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About Caroline Cakebread
Caroline Cakebread writes a regular personal finance blog for Chatelaine and is the editor of Canadian Investment Review. She is also the author of several research papers on financial literacy and investor education and is currently writing a book on the asset-backed commercial paper crisis for University of Toronto Press (forthcoming 2012). She received her MA and PhD from the University of Birmingham in the U.K., has taught both undergraduate and graduate students and has published numerous articles and essays on Shakespeare, education, and women’s issues.
You can follow her on Twitter at @CCakebread.
May 15, 2012
- Masters of Money
Driving Around with Madhur Jaffrey
I have several driving companions these days — sometimes I ride around with Madhur Jaffrey, the guru of Indian cooking. At other times I’ve got Martha Stewart riding shotgun, always on hand with recipes and ideas for dinner. They’re not exactly next to me in the passenger seat; they’re in the trunk – well, their books are at any rate. MORE
May 8, 2012
- Masters of Money
What’s Your Biggest Money Mistake?
Even though I write about money for a living, I’m not immune to making financial mistakes here and there. Some sting but are easy to get over – like forgetting to turn off the data roaming function on my smartphone before getting off a plane in a foreign country (ouch!). MORE
Tagged condo, Fees, lesson, neighbourhood, purchase
April 20, 2012
- Masters of Money
Would You Buy a $1,000 Stroller?
That’s how much they wanted for the bright red, high-tech Bugaboo stroller my husband and I were admiring at the baby store. Back then, I was pregnant with our first child and we were out stroller shopping (back in the days when we took a full night’s sleep for granted). We ended up walking away and going with a cheaper option. But it’s really easy to get lured into buying a designer stroller for your first baby — after all, you want everything to be perfect. MORE
April 10, 2012
- Masters of Money
Is Your Savings Account Making You Poorer?
During the 2008 financial crisis, a friend of mine pulled all of his money out of stocks and put it in the bank. Spooked by crazy markets, he decided the safest place to stick his money was in a nice tidy savings account. Well, actually he was wrong. MORE
Tagged Account, Inflation, retirement, savings
February 29, 2012
- Masters of Money
What Don Draper Doesn’t Want You to Know
Are you a Mad Men fan? I am. I love the characters and the way it recreates life in the 1960s. But there are parts of the show that are hard to swallow — especially the way women are treated. While things have obviously changed a lot for us between then and now, we still have more challenges than men — especially when it comes to money. MORE
