by Matt Bell | Sep 4, 2026 | Investing, Spending Smart, Teaching Kids |
Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. 1 in 3 parents plan to divide their inheritance unequally among their kids—and, frankly, that could be a smart way to do it, pros say (MarketWatch). “Equal and fair are not always the same thing.”...
by Matt Bell | Aug 28, 2026 | Insurance, Investing, Spending Smart |
Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. Gen Z is moving back home. They think it’s a smart move (USA TODAY). Hmm. I can see this in cases of necessity or to pay off debt, but I’m not so sure about moving home for the increased lifestyle...
by Matt Bell | Aug 21, 2026 | Insurance, Investing, Miscellaneous, Money & Marriage |
Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web. McDonald’s build a 515-page dossier on me. It says I’ll never stop eating there (Wired). “McDonald’s secret sauce is really commercial surveillance.” More than half of Gen Z redirected money away...
by Matt Bell | Aug 18, 2026 | Investing |
If you pay close attention to investment news, it’ll either make you laugh or it’ll drive you crazy. Within the same hour, the popular MarketWatch investment news website often runs completely contradictory articles. One says the market is headed higher;...
by Matt Bell | May 5, 2026 | Investing, Teaching Kids |
Over the last several years, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about teaching kids how to invest. There is so much potential good that could come about by getting kids started with investing as soon as possible. In a practical sense, they have an abundance of one of...
by Matt Bell | Mar 24, 2026 | Investing |
Ignorance definitely isn’t bliss when it comes to your investments, and yet we all seem to be hard-wired with blind spots, or as psychologists call them, behavioral biases. Here are some of the more common ways we tend to make irrational and unprofitable...
Great to hear from you, Wayne! I know a lot of people don't like the idea of using a budget…
Thanks for the encouraging words, Leo. Good to have some kindred spirits along for the ride!
Hi Matt, it’s your friend Wayne out here in Barrington. I laughed at your comments regarding the “woke” – like…
Hey Matt! You're not the only voice crying in the wilderness. I'm right there with you. A budget, discipline, and…
That's a good point, Al. How much to give in retirement when you're drawing from an investment portfolio is an…