Why The Next Stimulus Check Will Not Be ‘Higher Than’ $1,200 The coronavirus pandemic is still wrecking havoc on the American economy. In less than a month more than 22 million Americans filed for unemployment. The US GDP contracted by almost 1/3rd in the second quarter alone. As the pandemic continues to affect our economy Read more »

The Skills that Make You Rich: Real Estate Know-How Owning a home is a huge part of the American Dream. In fact, when it comes to home ownership, many people make decisions with their heart instead of their head? Americans can choose between several television channels that have 24/7 programming of people buying houses, flipping Read more »

How much life insurance do I need? Life insurance is a part of being an adult that nobody ever tells you about. Everyone knows that they “should do something about life insurance” but many people don’t know where to start. As a result, people may not carry life insurance. On the other extreme, people may Read more »

Millennial Spending And Investing During COVID-19 The pandemic has changed nearly everything about our economy. Bars and restaurants have been shuttered. Many of us are now working from home. Macroscopically, these changes in the economy can be tracked by numbers like the unemployment rate or GDP. However, these changes are affecting individual lives. In this Read more »

Millennials, Money, And COVID-19: How The Pandemic Is Shaking Up American Lives COVID-19 has greatly affected everyone’s lives. It has introduced words like “social distancing” and “Zooming” into our daily lexicon. At the same time, it’s completely upended our entire economy. Restaurants are closed, and internet connections have become much more important than automobiles. Unemployment Read more »

Would Our Emergency Plan Hold Up to COVID-19 Coronavirus has resulted in record unemployment throughout North America. This rapid rise in unemployment is causing people to save more money and re-evaluate their emergency funds. An emergency fund is money set aside for a major crisis, typically the loss of a job. While most financial advisers Read more »

Welcome to Monday Night Finance. Check out these great personal finance articles. Risk management in personal financial planning The ultimate goal of personal finance is to build wealth to achieve a secure financial future. While everyone is working towards the same goal, there are lots of different paths. Should you invest in index funds? What Read more »

Each Monday we feature three personal finance articles we loved this past week. Here are this week’s features. Volatility and Consistency Anyone who has been following the stock market in 2020 will be familiar with volatility. The markets rapidly plunged more than 30% as a result of the coronavirus and an oil price war. Speaking Read more »

Welcome to Monday Night Finance. Here are three articles we enjoyed this past week. What is the Simplest Way to Invest? We all know that investing is something we should do. Just like flossing, backing up your computer files, and starting to exercise. However, starting to invest, like any habit, is easy to procrastinate. There Read more »

Welcome to Monday Night Finance. Each week we review three of our favorite personal finance articles. Financially Independent, Retire Early (FI/RE) for the Rest of Us The Financial Independence and Retire Early (FIRE) movement is often featured in the news with sensational stories such as “This average couple retired at age 30!”. However, upon reading Read more »