FINANCE 101

How does money work?!?

I promise, this won't be as painful as you think. The following articles will walk you through the basics of personal finance and investing.

Handling Unemployment

Our generation switches jobs more than any generation before us. A recent Gallup poll reported that 21% of millennials changed jobs in...

Oct 22, 20231 min read

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...

Oct 18, 20203 min read

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...

Aug 28, 20202 min read

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...

Aug 17, 20208 min read

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...

Jul 26, 20205 min read

A common argument against increasing minimum wage is the fact that it will cause inflation. If companies are forced to increase the...

Jul 15, 20204 min read

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...

Jul 8, 20203 min read

Here are some horrifying but very true facts to get your blood pressure rising: The wealthiest 20% of Americans account for 52% of total...

Jun 28, 20203 min read

Get ready to learn the most powerful, magical, revolutionary concept in finance. Which you probably also learned in third grade but...

Jun 28, 20202 min read

FIRE is a fun acronym that stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early. I already wrote this post about early retirement, so you...

Jun 23, 20202 min read

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...

Jun 8, 20202 min read

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...

Jun 7, 20202 min read

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...

Jun 7, 20204 min read

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...

Jun 7, 20202 min read

These are the two MOST ESSENTIAL finance terms that you can know. Throw them into everyday conversation to sound smarter. Or even better,...

Jun 7, 20202 min read