The financially prudent got a twang of anxiety reading that title. I know this because I got it while writing it. Just to get the answer out of the way: yes, yes, yes, please promise me you have an emergency fund. Don’t have one? Now who’s starting to get anxious? Don’t fret, let’s walk through […]
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Imagine if you had the power to make every large purchase in your life cheaper. If every single time you borrowed money, a lender gave that same amount to you for less than they give other people. Imagine if you could pay less for money. Enter Fair Isaac I’ve written about credit scores and how
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What is a Credit Score? You may have heard of it when you’ve tried to buy a car or open a credit card, a credit score is the rating passed on to you by an agency such as the Fair Isaac Corporation (hence the term FICO Scores). It essentially is a number that tells lenders
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May 30, 2020 We’ve all done it, it’s too tempting. I honestly can point to plenty of investments where I probably am doing exactly that. But I’m trying to get better and that’s what matters, right? Right? It’s great, but what if I can
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June 28, 2020 You take the plunge, and you invest. While the answer to that question may, at first glance, appear rather cut and dry, it is in fact rather nuanced. The first thing you should ask yourself is: “How involved do I want to be in this?”
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May 24, 2020 So, you’ve decided to begin your investing journey. Maybe you read my article on “The Biggest Financial Mistake You Can Make” (spoiler alert, the biggest mistake you can make is not investing), maybe you have opened a brokerage account, or maybe you have absolutely no idea
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July 15, 2020 You sit down and decided you wanted to add your first stock to your portfolio, you entered the stock ticker of your favorite company, but before you buy you see a bunch of terms next to the chart of the stock price
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Investing in the stock market is a dream come true. Having the ability to own portions of the very companies you love is one of the many things that make the investing so rewarding. Even though the percentage of a given company company any one of us would be buying is incredibly
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