As previously announced by Laura, she recently sold her blog to a guy called The Financial Blogger. Well that guy is me, Mike, and The Financial Blogger is the name of my first blog. Selling a blog is a tough decision to make for both the seller and the buyer. While Laura has to “leave a part of her life”, I am taking a risk that you won’t enjoy my articles as much as her’s. This is why I thought of introducing myself as my first article.
 
First of all, I have been married for 6 years to my lovely wife; my very first and only love (we have been together since we were 15!). I am a happy father of two beautiful children; William (4) and Amy (2). I work in the financial industry since 2003 and have been a financial planner since 2008. What I really like about my job is helping my clients achieve their dreams. Whether buying their dream home (first or otherwise), quitting their job to return to school, retiring financially safe, happy (and wealthy), these are the kinds of dreams I can help my clients achieve. I always say that I can’t complain about the pay cheque, but what I enjoy the most, is coming back home with the feeling that I have helped someone today.
 
I have been blogging on The Financial Blogger since November 2006. What I really like about blogging is that I can share my knowledge with a lot more people than I can at work. It also gives everybody a great opportunity to ask questions and add comments to my thoughts. Personal finance is a very wide and interesting topic since there are no single right answers. Each situation is unique and there is more than one good solution for each of them.
 
I started my blog with the help of one of my friends and partner in our online business: Pierre. He is my best friend (and William’s godfather too!). He also works in the finance industry, more precisely in the wonderful world of stock markets. He runs a blog, as well, called The Intelligent Speculator. Pierre has had some interesting financial adventures.
I will be working really hard to provide the best financial content on the web. We believe that there is a serious lack of financial education in North America, a huge gap to fill. There are no such programs in school curricula and we basically send future generations into the World at the age of 18 with credit cards in hand and tell them to buy whatever they feel like.
 

Back to what I learned in college
 
At the tender age of 16, I started to look at different ways to make money while studying. I want to share the positive and challenging experiences I went through while dealing with work, creating small companies, paying off debt while going to school at the same time. Our 20s is a very important decade of one’s life since it could lead you into deep financial distress or help you emerge from the middle of the pack.
 
Good news! I am able to keep Laura with Green Panda!
 
In order to avoid significant changes and because I like her writing skills, Laura will keep writing for Green Panda regularly. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them by email at thefinancialblogger(at)gmail(dot)com. If you want to know something about me, I invite you to ask your questions by commenting on this post.

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