Mid-Year Money Check-In: How Much We've Saved, Spent & Invested In 2024

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We're officially halfway through 2024, which means that it's time for our Q2 budget update!
Every quarter, we're reflecting on how much money we spent, and saved, over the past three months, and comparing those results to our budgeted goals. In this video we'll cover April, May and June.
Grab your popcorn and/or beverage of choice and let's dive into it - oh, and tell us how much money you spent (and saved) over the past few months, too! 🍿☕️
0:00 We're officially halfway through 2024!
1:35 How much money we've spent in Q2 2024
9:59 How we're tracking against our budget goals
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@stephandden 16 дней назад

What has your biggest expense been so far this year? Let us know! 👀

@therichbuddha3277 16 дней назад

Incredibly healthy food. Organic, non gmo, no additives etc etc.

@stephandden 16 дней назад

Amazing 👏🏿👏🏻

@FebruaryFlower176 16 дней назад

Travel! I went to Puerto Rico and Peru earlier this year

@stephandden 16 дней назад

That sounds great? How were your trips? 😊

@N.M.N. 15 дней назад

Ours is always groceries because we impulse buy but we also put all our cleaning supplies, toiletries and pet food, diapers etc. it’s just easier because we buy all of it at the grocery store. That being said we usually eat out once or twice a week, buy gas and go grocery shopping. But when we start spending on other things it starts a snowball affect and we go crazy then we settle and back to just groceries, gas and some eating out.

@investingtoast 16 дней назад

I recently binged all of your 385 videos and I wanted to thank you for sharing your investing journey. Your Canadian content is fantastic and very relatable as a fellow GTA Millennial. In fact, I will recommend your channel to anyone in my network that wants to start investing/budgeting. There are good nuggets from your CDIC series and the journey from active investing, robo advisors to diversified low cost global index funds.

@ttjjsnwosnws 14 дней назад

Damn girl, 385 vids

@stephandden 14 дней назад

Wow, thank you so much! We really appreciate this comment 🙏🏿🙏🏻

@HouseOfBurgz 15 дней назад

Another great video. Thank you for sharing. I love staying on track with my budget even when I have unexpected expenses along with some months going over my budget. With that being said it’s important to stay the course and we are already half way through the year. Keeping records of spending habits helps with seeing where your money is being spent. I love the way you break down each spending criteria. I hope everyone continues to reach their financial goals this year, next year and years to come. Keep going! Aye aye aye aye! 🍊

@stephandden 14 дней назад

Thank you so much! 😊 Agreed - it's easy to want to stop being on top of things when you have a set back, but it's the most important time to stay the course.

@morethanyourbasics 16 дней назад

I was with a real estate agent looking for places in Toronto when I saw you both walking together. I almost considered stopping you both and acknowledging your youtube, but I decided against it because I didn't have anything to say and was headed the opposite direction. You both look exactly, and I mean exactly, like how you look online, haha. Same haircut, same clothes, same demeanour-it's consistent. Anyway, I thought that was a nice tidbit to share. Love the financial knowledge you share with Canadians because there lacks a lot of representation in that area.

@stephandden 14 дней назад

No way! Definitely say hi next time if you see us again 😊 and thank you!

@kierasegler6581 12 дней назад

First time seeing your videos! Great job…and I luv the way you both smile and support each other ! Have a great life🎉

@stephandden 12 дней назад

Thank you so much 😊 we're glad that you found our videos!

@lee-13 2 дня назад

My biggest expense was paying off my personal loan in a lump sum. I’m so happy ! 😀

@stephandden День назад

That's amazing - congratulations! 🥳👏🏿👏🏻

@wds3222 16 дней назад

I can spend around 1500$ a month (including rent). My gym is only like 12$ a month. I cut my hair myself (since covid). Around 150$ per month on restaurant. 300 on grocery. 0$ in shopping. I work form home so 0$ on transportation. Electricity 25$ a month. 71$ in phone. etc etc etc

@stephandden 16 дней назад

That sounds like a great budget - thank you for sharing! 😊 Working from home can save you a lot of money between transportation + eating out expenses (not that you have to eat out when you work in office, but so many people do!)

@CayceAnne 15 дней назад

My biggest expense so far this year was travelling to Fiji for my sisters wedding 🥰

@stephandden 14 дней назад

We hope that you had a great time! 😊

@caliorbustarika3310 16 дней назад

You guys should make a video on health insurance! I’m based in Toronto too and my employer doesn’t give me health insurance, so I’ve been debating whether I should get some myself or stick with OHIP. Honestly, would love it if you could reply to this comment to lmk how you guys handle it 😓

@julianadeau6525 15 дней назад

+1!

@stephandden 14 дней назад

Great suggestion - we can add this to our list! 😊

@ttjjsnwosnws 14 дней назад

How do you go about deciding how much to pay yourself? Because you could literally pay yourself $0 or $20k if you wanted (the business wouldn't last too long tho lol) And is your salary the same every month for the year, and then adjusted up or down next year?

@Foltzky 11 дней назад

Cars are so expensive! I just finished paying off my car, but had a fender bender. I luckily wasn't at fault, but I had to get my car repaired in a different city, so had the cost of gas, food for traveling there and back etc. I also almost had to spend $4000 on an unrelated repair. They managed to do a different fix that was free. Honestly, if I didn't need a car, I wouldn't have one, such money pits.

@stephandden 8 дней назад

It's crazy how expensive it can be, even when it isn't your fault! We feel the same way - we don't need a car yet, and won't get one until we do 😊

@tommyngongo8024 14 дней назад

Y’all are the best💯 at this point I just want an invite to the wedding 😂❤️

@larry6682 16 дней назад

Thanks for the video. What about rent, utilities, etc?

@oluchinwagboso7996 15 дней назад

10:23

@stephandden 14 дней назад

We talk about this in the video, around the 10:00 mark 😊

@leewong9 14 дней назад

Question… since you pay yourselves out through your corp, do you budget for personal taxes on a monthly basis or you just make that payment out of your savings when the times comes?

@stephandden 14 дней назад

We’re employees of our corporation - so we don’t have personal taxes that we need to plan for. We’ve basically set it up in the same way that any other company would if you were working a regular job. There’s some nuances on the corporation side, but otherwise it’s pretty simple on the employee side. 😊

@Jibril_Abdulkadir 16 дней назад

Most expensive for me this year so far has been a bit of travelling but it’s worth it 😂

@stephandden 16 дней назад

Where did you travel to? 😊

@caterinaramirez8864 15 дней назад

How do you do separate grocery budgets, but it kind of sounds like you cook/eat together?

@stephandden 15 дней назад

We don’t - we split groceries together 😊 Dennis just took a few extra small trips this past month (for the both of us) and we hadn’t split that yet

@TradingwithAfzal 16 дней назад

How much do you guys make each month ? What is a healthy earn/spend ratio according to you? Thanks

@tonyp9313 15 дней назад

Their total is $4459.91. Which isn't a lot actually for 2 people. Which is a bit less than 54k. You divide that by 2 if they equaly share that. So you are looking at a bit less than 28k a year.

@stephandden 14 дней назад

The $4,459.91/month is each - so we make double that amount combined 😊

@tonyp9313 14 дней назад

@@stephandden You didn't say that. You said this amount is paid to both of us. Anyways that's very good money you make 1 year around 54K each...How many hours a week do you 2 work on avg?

@CanCricket12345 16 дней назад

How do you deal with going over budget in certain categories? I use a zero based budgeting system, so if I go over, I take some money from my savings account, an account that I specifically keep a small amount of money in for overages. Just wondering how other people deal with overages, as I find my system kind of annoying.

@kennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn1242 2 дня назад

In theory you’re supposed to reduce the budget in other areas. So if you went over with transportation by $20 you’d take $20 from groceries or misc etc rather than taking it from savings

@lionness_simsima5941 15 дней назад

Hello 👋 how’s it going. Happy 🎉birthday

@stephandden 14 дней назад

Thank you so much! 🥳

@superpriya113 14 дней назад

When you say you invest $2000 every month, is that including non-registered accounts? (if you don't mind sharing)

@stephandden 8 дней назад

We're currently working on maxing out our registered accounts first 😊

@MFTW 15 дней назад

Which basketball league are you in? I'm trying to find one for Toronto

@stephandden 14 дней назад

Jam Sports! It’s a great league 😊

@MFTW 14 дней назад

@@stephandden thanks! On the waitlist now :)

@NigelT2023 16 дней назад

Why would you not budget an amount for dental work if you intend to use the services and actually have a timetable for same?

@stephandden 16 дней назад

We don’t budget for the dentist on a monthly basis, because we only go two times per year - we leave a buffer amount of money in the ‘Other’ category that’s meant to cover expenses like that when they do come up 😊

@imWillJ 16 дней назад

biggest expense this year is a portable AC/fan.

@stephandden 16 дней назад

That sounds necessary for the summer months!

@fasteddy3336 16 дней назад

The sad part is the first quarter and the second quarter had the same number of days. 91 each.

@stephandden 16 дней назад

I guess that’s because it’s a leap year! How was your Q2 vs Q1? 😊

@fasteddy3336 15 дней назад

I don’t look at quarters generally, but I did this time, the first quarter was very big because we had some stock options that we sold. The second quarter was good, my wife got her yearly bonus. But I just try to make every month green and not red. On occasions things happen and you do have red months. I have three adult children that live with us so what we spend in food is a big number. I have three cars, maintenance and then can get very pricey. I have a house and you never know what’s gonna break. They can be pricey. Thank God for sinking funds.