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A Beginner’s Guide to Investing
Investing your money is one of the best ways to put your money to work for you. Today, we’re going over some of the basics of investing and what you need to know to get started growing your finances. If you’ve ever considered investing money in the stock market but …
Side Gigs: Love Them or Hate Them, They’re Here to Stay
The US economy is in a weird place right now. A lot of people with cushy, white-collar jobs are doing just fine, pandemic notwithstanding. Meanwhile, retail workers, blue-collar workers, and people in the service industry are feeling the effects of COVID more than many other professions. This has led to …
Finding a Job that Pays You What You Deserve
Everyone knows what it’s like to feel stuck in a dead-end job. You’re working your hardest, trying to get ahead, and yet you’re still making the same amount of money as the people who work half as hard as you. By the time you get your paycheck, it’s already been …
Simple Ways to Start Saving Money Today
Everyone wants to save more of their paycheck. Whether you make minimum wage or six figures, it pays to be able to save money. If you’re looking for some quick ways to save a few bucks, you’ve come to the right place. Today, we’re looking at some simple ways for …
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Getting Out of Debt Without Going Crazy
One of the most agonizing things about being in debt is the feeling of barely treading water. You make money, that money goes into your debts. The needle barely moves as interest digs into your income. How can you get out of debt without going crazy from the time it …
Crafting a Budget Will Save You More than You Think
When it comes to saving money, many people picture cutting coupons or shopping for deals. Maybe buying less brand name goods, or scoring discount tickets to movies will help you spend less! However, this is a spending-focused way to try to stop spending as much money. It’s not as effective …
How Hard is it to Start Saving? Easy Tips to Help you Today
Saving money is often seen as something that’s only for very wealthy people. Working people, however, often can benefit even more from saving money wisely than wealthy people can! Saving doesn’t have to be hard, either: it’s as easy as you make it. Moreover, if money’s a bit tight, you’d …
Even More Ways to Make Some Money on the Side
While we’ve already discussed a few ways to make money when you’re a little light on cash, today we’re going over even more! These are some of the quickest and easiest ways to make a bit of money while you’re stuck at home. We all know what it’s like to …
Finance Basics: The Importance of a Budget
You’ve probably heard the term “budgeting” before and not given it much thought. Yeah, people budget for things, so what? However, if you’re not using an actual budget, a document with your finances on it, then you might be mismanaging your own funds. Having a working budget with your income …
Making Extra Cash Today Doesn’t Have to be Hard
Sometimes we all come a little hard-up for cash. That’s normal! There’s no reason to feel bad about coming up short. When you need a bit of extra dough to help make it through a tough month, it can be hard to think of good ways to make cash quickly. …
Saving Tips to Make Your Money Stretch
When money is tight, it can seem hard to make it stretch to cover all of your expenses. It’s even harder to picture your limited funds getting you the fun things you want to buy, let alone food and gas money. That being said, we’ve got some simple tips to …
Budgeting with Cash: The Cash Diet Method
Having a credit or debit card is very convenient for a number of reasons. However, using a bank card can make it difficult to visualize your money. When your funds are just numbers on a screen, you might be more likely to spend money in frivolous ways. Some people swear …
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Free Entertainment in the Best Kind of Entertainment: Money Saving Tips
Did you know that you don’t have to spend one red cent to get top-quality entertainment? It might sound like a scam, but it’s true! There are tons of ways to get free movies, TV shows, and even video games to help you stay entertained. The best thing is, there …
How to Save Money by Avoiding the Routine
It’s easy to get caught in your same old spending habit. However, your habits could be keeping you from effectively saving. If you’re the kind of person who finds yourself getting paid and then unable to figure out where all your money went, this article is for you. Avoid Shopping …
The Practical Guide to Quitting Your Job
Sometimes, your job just isn’t working out. Whether it’s your paycheck, the work environment, or your boss, something isn’t clicking. Sometimes it’s a combination of some or all of those elements at once. No matter the case, you want out. You need to quit, but you’re not sure what the …
Simple Steps to Help You Pay Off Your Student Loans
If you’ve got serious student loan debts piling up, it can feel hopeless. Often, student loans are the last bill you want to have to pay when you’re struggling to put food on the table. The sooner you get rid of them, though, the sooner you can get back to …
Stress-Free Retirement Tips to Get You Started
You know what’s better than investing in random consumer goods? Investing in yourself and your future. The best way you can do that, of course, is by saving for retirement. However, it seems like many younger people feel a degree of stress when they think about saving for retirement. While …
Getting Started Saving Money: Beginner’s Guide to Budgeting
When you’re just starting out, it can be very difficult to learn how to save money. This goes double if your first money management experience comes when you get thrust out into the real world. How are you supposed to learn how to save in the middle of paying your …
Millennials and Retirement: The Social Security Problem
For several generations, Americans have relied heavily on Social Security in order to fund their retirement. And well they should, as they’ve been compelled to pay taxes into it in order to draw from it later. However, the highly educated and under-employed segment of the population referred to as Millennials …
What You Need to Know About Credit Scores
If you’re an adult with any interest in owning stuff, you’ve probably heard a lot about your credit score. You probably even know the basics: it’s an outline of how trustworthy companies think you are with debt. If you pay your debts on time, you’ll have a good score. If …
Money-Saving Tips That Can Work for Just About Anyone
If you’re anything like us, you probably shake your head when you see money-saving tips. Most financial sites seem to think everyone is just swimming in cash, and needs help buying a second yacht or something. We get that, so we’re big on money-saving tips that anyone can put to …
Budgeting the Easy Way: The 50/30/20 Rule
Budgeting isn’t easy. Not many claim it is! But, there are some easy ways to think about budgeting to make it more achievable in your own life. If you’re like most people, it can feel like your whole paycheck is gone before you even get a chance to see the …
Quick Tips: Finding the Best Credit Card
From frequent flyer miles to reward programs to just building your credit, there are a number of reasons to want a credit card. Some people out there who could greatly benefit from a credit card might have never even considered getting one. However, don’t dismiss them out of hand. There …
Visualizing Your Retirement Goals Can Help You Save Big Time
It’s often difficult to find the motivation to save, especially if you already don’t make a ton of money. After all, you work hard for what you have, so why should you squirrel it away for the future? Why not buy something fun for yourself today? Trust us, we get …