Profitable Ideas: Spend That Gift, The Tricky Math of Cars, and More

January 3, 2025

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web.

Americans have billions in unused gift cards (Quartz). If you received a gift card for Christmas, use it before you lose it!

Should you buy your 16-year-old a new vehicle? (A Wealth of Common Sense). I’ll write a longer post about this topic later. For now, I’ll just acknowledge that my response to this question as a dad is different than my experience when I was 16.

Lessons from driving my old car (Mr. Stingy). As the satisfied owner of a 2010 Accord, I can relate!

Lowe’s donates 100 tiny homes to Carolina families waiting for rebuilt housing after hurricane flooding (Good News Network). A nice story about a corporation doing a very good thing.

The secret to sticking with minimalism long-term (No Sidebar). As you’ve no doubt noticed, I’m drawn to the idea of minimalism. Truth be told, though, our family is very far from the ideal, which is why I appreciate the suggestion to embrace imperfection!

Is your investment app making you trade too much? (Kiplinger). This one is huge, especially for people who started investing in the past five years.

Don’t bet against biology (Of Dollars and Data). Managing money well goes hand in hand with taking care of yourself.

How to actually be more generous next year (Relevant Magazine). Good encouragement for the journey.

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