Spending your refund is the most fun option of all, but it won’t leave you as well off financially.Getty Images
The best of the web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick.
I dare you not to touch your tax refund
A retirement blog for young adults challenges readers to save their tax refund instead of spending it.
McMansion wars come to Toronto
Neighbours fighting neighbours in the wealthy neighbourhood of Forest Hills over houses being torn down and rebuilt as McMansions.
Yearning for larger houses
More than 40 per cent of adult Americans would like to live in a larger house, even baby boomers. Some of the new subdivisions I've seen here in Ontario suggest Canadians also prize big homes.
The bull market meat chart
Thoughts on how various sectors take the lead through the lifespan of a bull market.
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