Our 3 Best Money Choices—#1
Like everybody, Ms. Money Counselor and I have made good financial choices and bad. Let’s explore the good first and maybe ignore the bad.
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Whoa! A 25% Car Loan?
I’m going to stick my neck out a bit here and offer a lot of opinions about a real life situation though I’m admittedly lacking...
read morePaying for Aloha
How I freed up over $6,000 in cash that we’re putting to fun use on a long Hawaiian holiday.
read moreDividend Portfolio Update
I’ve built a portfolio of relatively low-risk, high-dividend stocks that now generates enough cash to cover roughly one-third of our living expenses. That feels good.
read moreAre Rising Rates Good?
Rising interest rates generally reward savers and punish borrowers. But there are other, less obvious benefits. Guest post from Patty Moore of Working Mother Life!
read moreEquifax Hack
With nearly half of all Americans affected, everyone should follow up to protect themselves in the wake of the horrendous hack at credit bureau Equifax®.
read moreFinancial Insomnia
A recent telephone survey of American adults revealed that 38% lose sleep over health care and health insurance worries. To the surprise of no one who relies on their brain to make decisions, that portion is up by a whopping 37% from one year ago.
read moreIRS May Have Your Money!
The IRS says it owes about $1 BILLION in total to an estimated 1 million taxpayers. Are you one?
read moreHappy Anniversary to Us!
On our 20th wedding anniversary, twenty reasons I’m happy and grateful to share a marriage with Ms. Money Counselor.
read moreWhy the Trump Bump?
The S&P 500 is up 5.8% since U.S. Election Day. Do investors love Trump so much, or might the reasons for the stock price run-up be a bit more complex?
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