Optimize Your Financial Life
Many people have read the popular book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. This book came out way back in the 1930's but is still read by many today. This book can teach you how to effectively network and connect with people … [Continue reading]
Update: Well that was a timely post. Last week, the week of October 8 2018, saw the S&P 500 drop a little over 4%. While not exactly bear market territory, the pundits are already out in force declaring the end of the bull market and to move … [Continue reading]
This post contains affiliate links Everyone has heard the stat about the high failure rate of New Year's resolutions: -8% of New Year's resolutions fail -80% fail by February -Greater than 90% failure rate So if you've made a New … [Continue reading]
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you finish any kind of professional or graduate school, you're most likely going to be worth less than you did before you started. (Worth less, but not worthless!) Unless you have very … [Continue reading]
I've written a lot about credit cards and their many advantages. Things like earning rewards, extended warranties, travel benefits and fraud protection just to name a few. I wrote a post very recently about how credit cards are so much better than … [Continue reading]
Living off the grid sounds great. You don't have to field calls from telemarketers or keep up on with the latest Trump headline. As long as you find a way to take care of hygiene once in a while, life will be good. For those of us not looking to … [Continue reading]
We don't use cash much in this country. Most online and in person transactions are done by credit or debit card. Even with things like Apple and Samsung Pay, a card is still the thing making the transaction. But is credit or debit the better … [Continue reading]
Banks know how to make money off of regular people. They get some money every time you swipe a credit card and a lot more money from interest payments. They get money from ATM fees and from being able to lend out money that we deposit with them … [Continue reading]
Credit cards are one financial topic that everyone has an opinion about. Even people who don't have much interest in finance will have some sort of take on credit cards. Some people swear by them. Other people swear AT them. Some … [Continue reading]
This is going to be a short post, but it should help a lot of people. Since I'm a finance nerd and think about debt payoff and investing a lot, financial calculators take up a lot of my time. While there are a lot of good investing calculators … [Continue reading]