Kat shared her personal adventures in purchasing property, as well as tips for other young women on deciding whether or not to purchase property.
Tales from the Wallet: What’s Your Vacation Money Strategy?
What’s your overall strategy about vacations and budgets — how do you plan to budget while on vacation — and how do you pay for vacation?
Tales from the Wallet: Seasonal Spending
Here’s a fun question for today: Do you think your seasonal spending varies – and what are your best budget tips to accommodate that? Do you think you spend more in certain seasons? How do your strategies for saving or budgeting change from season to season — and what do you think your biggest money … Read More about Tales from the Wallet: Seasonal Spending
Cash Savings vs. Retirement Savings Accounts: Where to Stash Your Money When You’re Unsure What You’re Saving For
Everyone knows saving for retirement is a priority, because retirement is important and compound interest is powerful — but are the tax savings for retirement accounts so great that you should use them to save extra cash, too, such as for a hypothetical future home purchase? When I was in my late 20s — unmarried, … Read More about Cash Savings vs. Retirement Savings Accounts: Where to Stash Your Money When You’re Unsure What You’re Saving For
Tales from the Wallet: How to React to a Stock Market Drop
2018 Update: We still stand by this advice on how to react to a stock market drop, but you may also want to check out our recent discussion about whether you invest in stocks or index funds. Do you know what to do with your investments when the stock market takes a dive — how to … Read More about Tales from the Wallet: How to React to a Stock Market Drop
Tales from the Wallet: What to Do When You’re Facing “Frugal Fatigue”
Have you experienced frugal fatigue, aka “savings burnout”?
Tales from the Wallet: Leave Room in Your Budget to Take Advantage of Sale Prices
I just saw a great study on this, so I thought we’d discuss — do you leave room in your budget to take advantage of sale prices? Do you do it in a disciplined way (“I have $300 to spend for fun purchases, no more!”) or is it just part of your budgetary cushion? Which … Read More about Tales from the Wallet: Leave Room in Your Budget to Take Advantage of Sale Prices
Tales from the Wallet: How to Make a Budget
For today’s money feature, let’s discuss living within your means — how to make a budget and stick to a budget. What does “budget” mean to you? What tips and tricks have you used to set a budget, pay down debt, save money and protect against lifestyle inflation — and what alarm bells have you used to tell … Read More about Tales from the Wallet: How to Make a Budget
Tales from the Wallet: Paying Down Debt vs. Saving
It’s the New Year, and I heard a lot of chatter among commenters about when they should be paying down debt vs. saving. It’s a huge question, and we’ve talked about some related things (like how to pay off huge student loans and live within your means), but we haven’t talked about when to save vs. when … Read More about Tales from the Wallet: Paying Down Debt vs. Saving
Three Major Open Enrollment Tips For Career Women
As we’re coming up on the end of the year, I thought it might be interesting to talk about benefits — and specifically tips for the open enrollment period. (One of our guest posters got into this a few years ago when she talked about using your benefits package at work to save $10K.) Interestingly, studies … Read More about Three Major Open Enrollment Tips For Career Women
Tales from the Wallet: Eldercare and Finances
Have you had to help care for a parent, grandparent, or other loved one? What do you wish you’d known about it ahead of time in terms of finances (yours and theirs)? What were the best resources you found?
Tales from the Wallet: Retirement
Ladies, how much are you saving for retirement? How large does retirement loom in your thoughts — and where does it fall in your priorities? Welcome to our next installment of our Money Milestone series, where we’ve discussed paying for grad school, wedding finances, home buying, financially planning for a baby, and financial strategies for divorce. I haven’t retired yet, obviously, … Read More about Tales from the Wallet: Retirement