Financial Literacy Month  April is officially Financial Literacy Month.  I thought it would be the perfect time to raise a bit awareness about the major gap in financial literacy education in American schools.  In my opinion, the lack of financial education today’s kids get, is the major reason you see higher credit card usage and consumer debt.  Currently, only 20 states require students to take economics.  What’s worse […]

This week’s interview is with Mr. BoaS from Budget On a Stick.  As the name implies, his site focusing on providing rock solid budgeting advice.  Let me in the comments if you enjoyed the interview and check out my previous interviews here. Fill the readers in on your background. My name is Mr. BoaS and […]

Every day, Americans consumer some 400 million cups of coffee.  Many of these cups are sold by Starbucks.  While most of you probably know that Starbucks is expensive, you probably never realized that it’s actually costing you tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.  While ordering a smaller size is an easy way to save money, you could […]

As a note, I am an affiliate for Tailwind.  If you sign up using this link or any link in this post, I may be compensated.  With that being said I truly believe it is one of the best values out there for growing your Pinterest audience and I wouldn’t recommend it if I didn’t use […]

This week’s interview is with Araminta from Financially Mint.  On her site, you can find her dishing out great financial advice to college students and those who recently graduated.  It also turns out we have similar tastes in books!  Hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did and if you want to see more check […]

Do you know how much you’re paying in investment fees each year? If you’re like most people, chances are you don’t.  And not paying attention to those fees is taking years off of your retirement. Expense Ratio Most mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) charge an annual fee as a percentage of assets.  This means […]

How are 401K contributions taxed? This is a question I regularly receive about the tax implications of saving for retirement.  Most people understand that contributions to a retirement account have tax advantages, but they often don’t understand what that really means. 401K vs. Roth 401K The main driver of how your contributions and withdraws are […]

  This week’s interview is with Peter from Seller at Heart.  Peter has been selling online since the early days of Ebay.  If you’ve ever considering starting an Amazon FBA side hustle or selling products online, be sure to check out Peter’s site. What’s your favorite thing about being an entrepreneur? Least favorite? Good: Being able […]

Financial Statement Analysis When it comes to investing, it is important that you understand the financial information or fundamentals of a company before making any decisions.  Assuming you don’t just want to in an index fund, you need to have some basic knowledge of a corporation before buying its stock. However, due to the volume […]

Today’ guest post is from Dan Kent.  Dan is a writer and co founder of Stocktrades.ca. A DIY investor for 7 years now, Dan has a combination of dividend, growth and real estate investments in to his portfolio and is looking to continually grow his net worth. You can check his website out at stocktrades.ca or follow […]