The market has been pretty volatile for more than a year at this point — so let’s discuss. Are you investing in the market? What other money moves have you made, such as setting up stop limit alerts, automatic investments, or parking your money in CDs or Treasury bonds?
What Are Your Savings & Investment Strategies Right Now?
What are your savings and investment strategies right now? How have they changed from 6 months ago?
Socially Responsible Investing Tips: What to Know, How to Start
Whether you call it ESG investing (ESG = environmental, social & governance), socially responsible investing, sustainable investing, ethical investing, or impact investing, it’s easier than ever to opt in — so let’s discuss today!
Money Challenge: Check Your Expense Ratios
Today’s money challenge: make sure you know the expense ratios on your investments.
Tales from the Wallet: Personal Finance Advice for New Grads
Readers, what personal finance advice did you get when you graduated? What would be the best advice you’d share with new grads now? (Are there things you didn’t start doing until later that you WISH you’d done early on?)
How to Take Advantage of a Bear Market (And Buy the Dip)
I’ve seen a lot of comments over the past few weeks about how to take advantage of a bear market — these are some of the moves I’m making right now.
A Money Roadmap: Where to Go Next In Your Personal Finance Journey
We’ve talked about a ton of different money issues here, but it occurred to me that it might be helpful to do a simple “roadmap” post — a listing of what to do, in what order, with links to the appropriate posts. So here’s my list of what to do with your money — if … Read More about A Money Roadmap: Where to Go Next In Your Personal Finance Journey
Open Thread: Let’s Talk About Savings Goals
Wow, we were not expecting that response to the “how much do you spend on clothes” thread — among a lot of our friends we’re the cheapskate. (We run with a lot of well-dressed ladies!) Keep in mind, however, that we haunt the sales — as we tried to make clear, there’s a difference between … Read More about Open Thread: Let’s Talk About Savings Goals
Tales From the Wallet: How Much to Save For Retirement
How much should you be saving for retirement? Are there savings benchmarks by ages? Is saving different for women? These are all questions that come up frequently (and no one really has all the answers) that I thought we should talk about them today. {related: here’s our guide to FIRE (financial independence retire early) for … Read More about Tales From the Wallet: How Much to Save For Retirement