What is an HSA?
An HSA (not to be confused with a HYSA, they're totally different which is ridiculous) is a Health Savings Account. You would most likely...
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frugal.zoomer
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
10 Ways to Get a Million Dollars
I'm sorry if you are reading this post in order to learn the secrets of black-market stock-trading or the winning lottery numbers or my...
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frugal.zoomer
- Aug 17, 2020
- 8 min
Everything You Need to Know About Credit Scores
What is credit vs a credit score? Credit is when you borrow money to buy something and agree to pay it back later, with interest. Using a...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jul 26, 2020
- 5 min
The Ideal Money Breakdown
There are so, so, so many options for what to do with your money. The average American keeps some cash in their savings account and...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jul 15, 2020
- 4 min
Should We Increase Minimum Wage?
A common argument against increasing minimum wage is the fact that it will cause inflation. If companies are forced to increase the...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Taxes: Filing Status
Figuring out your filing status is the easy part. Figuring out what that means for your taxes is a little more complicated. Here's a...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jun 28, 2020
- 3 min
Financial Inequality
Here are some horrifying but very true facts to get your blood pressure rising: The wealthiest 20% of Americans account for 52% of total...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jun 28, 2020
- 2 min
Compounding Interest
Get ready to learn the most powerful, magical, revolutionary concept in finance. Which you probably also learned in third grade but...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
FIRE: It's red hot
FIRE is a fun acronym that stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early. I already wrote this post about early retirement, so you...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
Why Invest?
How will I possibly save $1,000,000 making $50,000/year? If I save 20% like the scientists tell me, that's $10,000/year. It would take me...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
The Stock Market
If this is what you think of when I say the words stock market, then you're not the only one. As movies like The Wolf of Wall Street and...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jun 8, 2020
- 4 min
Investment vehicles
What exactly is an investment vehicle, you ask? Sorry, that was misleading. It's not a car. An investment vehicle is any product used by...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jun 7, 2020
- 2 min
Roth vs. Traditional
If you haven't already done so, you should read this post about IRAs and 401(k)s. Once you've done that, you're ready to learn about the...
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frugal.zoomer
- Jun 7, 2020
- 2 min
IRA vs. 401(k)
These are the two MOST ESSENTIAL finance terms that you can know. Throw them into everyday conversation to sound smarter. Or even better,...
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