Articles on why you should have a savings account. Comparisons of offers at different banks as well as different types of savings accounts.
In 2003, I first heard about digital banks like Up and Chime and how they were offering so much better interest than all the brick-and-mortar banks. At the time, I felt extremely uncertain about investing my hard-earned money in a bank that I couldn’t see and touch if I wanted to get my money out.
Some people color inside the lines. Others paint like Picasso. Some people color-coordinate their closet. Others pull clothes from heaps. Some people revel in creating order. Others take joy in destroying it. I confess I am the former, even in the case of the color-coordinated closet (it’s like a rainbow of polos…am I the only
Lately, I’ve been watching a video series on personal finance at Lynda.com that is taught by financial advisor, Jane Barratt. If you are wanting to learn more about personal finance OR just need a few extra tips and insights about your finances, I’d highly recommend you check it out. In the series, Barratt mentioned something very
It’s all about the overdraft Student debt has a funny way of grounding most university graduates before they even get to fly. After all, it’s quite a daunting prospect having to leap from the nest of tertiary education into the wide open world of financial self-sufficiency with a $30,000 debt shackled to your newly fledged
In 2008, when my dad went into bankruptcy I quickly had to pull together a LLC corporation, and take on 520 acres of farming. Over night I had to develop a budget, obtain a line of credit, sign land leases, obtain insurance, and take a loan out on $90,000 worth of farming equipment that use to be
Like anyone else, I always like to get a good deal. At the same time I like to make my money work for me and this is why I frequently transfer money to our money market account or other investments. However, this has gotten me in trouble with overdrafts from time to time. The problem
