How Do Capital Gains Work?
The rate of return on investments is important, but have you considered how taxes affect it? Your after-tax return on an investment is the return after you pay the [...]
Going Solar
I am finally doing it. I am getting solar for my house. I have been against solar power systems for homes for many years. I even wrote a blog [...]
How To Buy Stocks on Sale
Everyone loves a good sale—except when the sale is in the stock market. With stocks in a downtrend since early January, people are rightly concerned about making good decisions [...]
Save More Money: Use This Simple Trick
Saving more money is a popular goal. In fact, a recent survey showed that this year, more people want to save money than lose weight. But saving more isn’t [...]
3 Financial Tools You Need In Your 30’s
Your 30’s are a huge time for your finances. This is the decade most people transition out of financial infancy! Your career is progressing, income is increasing, and major [...]
How Much Wealth Do You Need to Make Work Optional?
Retirement, financial independence, work-optional—whatever you call it—we all are working toward some version of the same goal. How do we measure progress? How much wealth does one need to [...]
Stocks: Not That Simple
According to financial research firm Dalbar, the average investor is below the median when it comes to their investment returns. From their 2020 study on investor behavior, the average [...]
Why Do Stocks Go Up?
You invest in stocks because you believe their value will increase over time; but have you ever wondered why they go up? If you know the answer it will [...]
You Haven’t Lost Any Money Yet
The stock market finished down over 20% in the first half of 2022, one of the worst on record. It’s no wonder investors are worried about the money they’ve [...]
Inflation Protection Plan
Inflation rose by seven percent in 2021, the largest increase since 1981. Not only was inflation high last year, it could remain elevated in 2022 and beyond. The messaging [...]