Budgeting for Holiday Gifts at Every Price Range With just a few days until Christmas, you may be racking your brains trying to figure out what to get for your coworker Steve down the hall. Maybe you’re trying to decide if you should get Steve a present at all. And if you are going to Read more »

How to Start a Gift Wrapping Business: 6 Easy Steps The holiday season is upon us. This can mean some extra expenses as we try to pull together gifts for loved ones and prepare special meals. But it also presents an opportunity to earn some extra money. If you’re looking for a new side hustle- Read more »

Simple Tips for a Green Christmas Christmas has become a major consumer event throughout the world. Not only do people purchase gifts for loved ones, but they decorate their houses with trees and lights. Furthermore, many people wrap their gifts with wrapping paper and many toys come in packaging. As a result, all of this Read more »

Smart Christmas Money Saving Tips It’s Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping season is fully upon us. Do you have a plan for your holiday shopping? What about a budget? Is the financial side of gift-giving stressing you out this year? Perhaps you are looking for ways to trim your spending. If that is the Read more »

Holiday Gifts: Managing Expectations with your Kids This week is Thanksgiving, which means it is the start of the traditional holiday shopping season. (Although to be fair, it seems to start immediately after Halloween nowadays). Do you typically have a plan for your Holiday shopping? Perhaps you have a dollar amount you normally spend for Read more »

Best App for Tracking Expenses and Receipts Are you an organized person? Or does your desk look like a Tasmanian devil has spun across it. Likewise- how good at you are finding things. Are your keys always on a hook by the door or do you have to run around the house like a cheetah Read more »

Thrift Store Shopping: 13 Things You Should Never Buy Do you shop at thrift stores? Buying used goods can be a great way to save money on things you use every day. Not only can you buy clothes or furniture for pennies on the dollar, but buying at thrift stores is great for the planet. Read more »

Where Is Your Financial Journey Taking You? Have you thought about what your retirement looks like? Do you want to move into a retirement community with chair yoga and water aerobics? Or do you envision yourself forging an independent existence on a homestead far from civilization. Maybe you haven’t thought about it at all? If Read more »

Best investment strategies during a pandemic The novel coronavirus has completely upended the world economy. In a matter of weeks, everyone was using online video conference software such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams. (Now people are even talking about how to throw the best Zoomsgiving on November 26th). At the same time, other industries were Read more »

How to Invest On Your Own Without a Financial Advisor Do you work with a financial advisor? Do you believe that he or she has your best interests at heart? If your financial advisor has a “fiduciary” duty, he or she must act in your best interest. But did you know that many advisors don’t Read more »