We all know how important it is to track our personal finances, but the truth is, managing your money can feel like a full-time job. Luckily, there are excellent personal finance software tools like Quicken which make the job much easier, saving us time and money! Quicken is especially useful for entrepreneurs and the self-employed. … Read more
Simplifi’s aim is right in its name – a personal finance tool that helps you simplify the complexity of managing your money! Unlike other tools that tack on unnecessary advanced features and a confusing interface, Simplifi is a platform focused on clear functionality and ease of use. In fact, the company says it can help … Read more
Eventually we’ll all be authorizing purchases by submitting to retina scans or letting the clerk at Kroger scan the chip Elon Musk wants to implant in all our heads. It’ll be a beautiful world where even using your Google Pay to buy stuff will get the same reaction that seeing an old woman write a … Read more
Square Inc (now Block, Inc) launched Cash App back in 2013 for one purpose: to be an app. For cash. It wasn’t a guaranteed win at the time. Their biggest competitor, Venmo, had already been on the market for four years, and Cash App had a lot of ground to cover if it wanted to … Read more
Introduction Healthcare just keeps getting more expensive. Insurance premiums shoot up year after year, employers are willing to cover less and less of the cost, and there’s no sign of anything changing anytime soon. Americans are increasingly turning to high-deductible plans to save money on premiums, but they don’t call it a high deductible health … Read more
Author’s Note: I have had a Lively HSA for about 5 years now so I am very qualified to write this Lively HSA Review. Read on to see pictures of my account and why I still use Lively! But first, a little background… Introduction America has some of the best doctors, nurses, healthcare facilities, and … Read more
Now you know a little about mutual funds and how to find the ones that best fit your investing strategy. But all the knowledge in the world won’t change one immutable fact: Researching mutual funds is boring. You could spend hours, days, or weeks doing research and comparing every mutual fund with every other fund, … Read more
So now you know a bit about mutual funds: what they are, how they work, how they can benefit your portfolio, and how they can sometimes charge fees that border on the absurd. But don’t go thinking you’re a mutual fund master just yet. There’s a lot of daylight between knowing the basics of mutual … Read more
You’ve probably heard the term “mutual fund” mentioned on CNBC or thrown around by one of your more financially savvy friends at some point. You know they have something to do with finance, but that’s about it. In this intro to mutual funds, we’ll break it down for you. So What the Heck Are Mutual … Read more
We learn a lot of stuff in school. Math. Science. History. Why it’s a bad idea to throw parties at your house when your parents are out of town. But there’s one subject that’s as important and many times absent from curricula: Personal finance. Let’s face it, everything’s getting more expensive and wage growth just … Read more
