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• Want a Great School? Live Where the Rocket Scientists Live

  

  Homes in areas with great schools sell for more and there is a simple reason – if there are good public schools, you don’t need to pay an additional $5000 or... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Delaying Gains into Future Tax Years

  

  One of the main advantages in long-term investing is the ability to delay capital gains taxes. As a company becomes more valuable and increases in price as a... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why You Should Dollar Cost Average

  

  In Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA), one invests a fixed amount of money on a regular basis. For example, an investor may put $1000 in a mutual fund every month... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• FIRE, Suicide, and Mental Health

  If you're focused in on FIRE (Financial Independence, Retired Early), you're probably thinking about things like cutting expenses, getting side-hustles to... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Dividends Can Be Bad

  

  here are a lot of FIRE blogger (those trying to become Financially Independent and Retire Early) who are big fans of dividends. They are building up a portfoli... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Economics of Childcare

  

  I recently came across a post from a thirty-something FIRE blogger about how the childcare system in the US is extremely flawed. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Is Your Culture Keeping You from Becoming Wealthy?

  

  There is always a great deal of talk about race and economics. There is the black economy, the Latino economy, and the mainstream economy, as if different... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Beyond FICO: How to Evaluate Wealthy Individuals for Credit Worthiness

  

  The FICO score and pay stub have become the deciding factors when deciding if someone will make a good tenant or even a good driver. They make things simple. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Invest in Individual Stocks

  

  So maybe you've been investing through your company's 401k plan for a few years. Maybe you also have started up a taxable account to buy index funds. These ar... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Advantages of Individual Stock Investing

  

  Now that you're looking at being out on your own, or maybe you're already out and wondering how you'll provide for yourself, you may be thinking that there is... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Getting Your First Apartment

  

  Getting an apartment isn't hard, but there are a few things to know about the process which will help you out. These are things like leases, management... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Tips to Save Money During Your College Days

  Today we have a guest post from Valentina Wilson with some tips on personal finance during your college days. Be sure to check her other articles out at:... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What Do I Do with My 401k Plan?

  

  Now that you're looking at being out on your own, or maybe you're already out and wondering how you'll provide for yourself, you may be thinking that there is... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Basic of Investing in Stocks

  

  Now that you're looking at being out on your own, or maybe you're already out and wondering how you'll provide for yourself, you may be thinking that there is... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Developing a Basic Budget

  

  Now that you're looking at being out on your own, or maybe you're already out and wondering how you'll provide for yourself, you may be thinking that there is... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Most Important Money Decisions in Adulthood

  

  Starting out on your own, things can be scary. You’ve been used to having things taken care of for you. There is food in the house. You have a place to sleep.... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Forget About Stop-Loss Orders. Getting Serious About Stock Investing

  

  Often our own worst enemy to making money in the stock market looks at us in the mirror each morning. We do things we know we should not — for example, hold ont... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Tools of the Trade: Stock Market Trading Tools from The 1970s to Today

  

  Free information about stocks and other investments is certainly more abundant than it was in the 1970’s when I first got interested in the stock market from... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Thrive in a Bear Market

  

  Things are getting kind of scary out there. With the possibility of a trade war, stocks have been heading down for a while and may have a ways to go. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• When You Should Consider Managed Funds

  

  Many people would never consider investing in anything but index funds, citing studies that most fund managers don’t beat their benchmarks, which is true. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2019 BUSINESS, FINANCE