Setting Yourself Up to Win
I just signed up to do something I really don’t want to do, and I’d like to encourage you to do the same. Not the exact same thing I signed up for, just something you may not necessarily want to do. Let me explain. You see, there are plenty of things I want, and I’m […]
Profitable Ideas: Your Digital Footprint Matters, Undervalued Financial Advice, and more.
A weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. If you do any of these 8 things online you could be hurting your credit (Money). It’s amazing, and scary, what your online habits say about you, and how that information is being used. Financial success isn’t ‘impossible’ (The Simple Dollar). If […]
Money & Marriage: Knowing Where You’re Going
How in-synch are you and your spouse when it comes to money? On a scale of 1-10, with 1 meaning you’re living on separate financial planets and 10 meaning you complete each other’s financial sentences, where on the scale would you put your marriage? Now do quick reality-check by asking your spouse the same question. […]
Profitable Ideas: Making Your Home Winter-Ready, Easing Into Minimalism, and more.
A weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Your fall home maintenance checklist: 7 tasks to tackle before temperatures dip (Realtor.com). Summer ends this weekend. Here’s how to get your house ready for the colder days ahead. These 401(k) funds took a beating in 2008 — and it could […]
An Investor’s Got to Know His (or Her) Limitations
Fear finally caused me to stop. I was in Colorado, reconnecting with two long-time friends, one of whom is an experienced mountain climber. He had slowly driven us up a perilous-looking, narrow and rocky path cut along the side of a mountain. There were no guardrails to protect us from the sheer drop-off. Bouncing around […]
Profitable Ideas: You Probably Don’t Know Your Number, 8 Low-Cost Home Improvements, and more.
A weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. The number one thing Americans get disastrously wrong about retirement (Moneyish). Got a big ballpark number in mind? It’s probably wrong. The seven things I need to work on most to improve my financial and personal life (The Simple Dollar). One of […]
How Successful Investors Talk, or Not
I had conversations with two investors recently that were very telling. The first conversation was with a guy in his 40s who invests his own money—for a living. That’s what he does. It’s how he provides for his family. It’s very unusual, and probably conjures up images of a day-trader, someone trying to sell positions […]
Profitable Ideas: Your Wealth is Predictable, What Every Successful Person Knows, and more.
A weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. The 5 things that best predict how rich you’ll be (Moneyish). Good things come to those who know how to wait. Is your employer’s retirement plan any good? Here’s how to find out (Quartz). All 401(k) plans are not created equal. Be […]
One Habit That Will Greatly Improve Your Finances
What if there were a single step you could take to greatly increase your sense of financial control and confidence, decrease your financial stress, make your marriage work better, free up money for generosity, increase your savings, and speed the process of getting out of debt? What if this single step were available to you […]
Profitable Ideas: Turning Money Into Superdollars, Why Kids Really Want Things, and more.
A weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. How to turn your money into superdollars (Morningstar). Time is one of the most important ingredients for investing success. Free money doesn’t hurt either. Purposeful spending (The Belle Curve). On the benefits of funded contentment. 28 pieces of productivity advice I stole […]