personal finance

The ABCs of personal finance and investing; how to invest wisely and grow your wealth.

Surviving a Recession Is the Real Financial Superpower
This thought smacked me in the face the other day. All the people I know who seem financially well off haven’t survived a recession yet.
By Tim Denning5 years ago in Trader
Future Proof: Setting Up Automated Payments for Your Loans
Future Proof: Setting Up Automated Payments for Your Loans DEBT October 17, 2018 / One Big Happy Life In a perfect world, you’d have it all together all of the time. You’d pay your bills the second they hit your mailbox–weeks ahead of the due date–and late fees wouldn’t exist anymore because no one ever missed a payment deadline. Well, while abolishing late fees may be a bit of a pipe dream, automating your loan payments is an easy way to make the other parts of that perfect world a reality.
By Akale Mandundu5 years ago in Trader
Budget Building Basics for…Everyone
Oh, the dreaded “B” word - budget. Just the word alone conjures up images of sitting around a kitchen table with bills in one hand and a piece of paper with a bunch of numbers in the other.
By Leister Solutions5 years ago in Trader
Curse of the Credit Cards
Introduced to make our lives better and our consumption smoother. But quite frankly did they not give us more sorrow than relief?
By Michael West5 years ago in Trader
WHAT’S HOLDING YOU BACK FROM SAVING MONEY?
When you are not making enough money, the first thing to think about is what you might be spending it on. Here are some of the common mistakes that people make when they are trying to save money by saving less money.
By GBAF Review5 years ago in Trader
How to Open A Bank Account With No Deposit Required?
A bank account is a process that you make with a bank by which you can withdraw and deposit money. If you save a particular amount of money at a specific time, a bank account occasionally earns you interest. During the account opening, a bank can require you to some money amount when other banks permit you to freely open an account.
By Sara Lina5 years ago in Trader
An Easy Way To Create Your Emergency Fund
You've heard it before; put money away for emergencies. One thing the pandemic has reinforced is the importance of having savings. You never know when something is going to disrupt your ability to pay your bills.
By Tree Langdon5 years ago in Trader
5 Types Of Business Loans Available For Small Business Owners
At various times, a small business needs extra capital in addition to incoming cash flows to ensure the smooth running of the business. During an unexpected emergency, a requirement for new equipment or a cash flow crunch, many small business owners decide to take a business loan.
By Diksha Sharma5 years ago in Trader
The Money You Earn Won’t Make You Wealthy
Ask whoever you want: Nobody out there would pass if you would offer them to have some extra money. And if you tell them they can have a continually increasing wealth, they will most likely cheer and hooray.
By Tom Fenske5 years ago in Trader
Why Should I Pay for Financial Coaching?
The number one question from everyone out there is: Why should I pay you to coach me on my finances? If someone finds themselves in a financial pinch, I can see how it might seem counterintuitive to spend money on a service with no guarantees.
By Leister Solutions5 years ago in Trader
The DARK TRUTH about Money
Because that's the dream, right? You are gently pushed into the scholastic system at a young and impressionable age. With your uniform just a little too big.. not to worry, you'll soon grow into it. Eager to make your parents proud (not that they aren't already) on your first day of school.
By Wayne Ellis5 years ago in Trader
How the Chime bank account put me back in control of my finances
Are you still using a bank that charges you a monthly service fee, punishes you for an accidental overdraft, or charges you to digitally send money to your friends and family? I was getting run over by these kinds of fees before I found the Chime online banking app.
By Missy Conley5 years ago in Trader