Financial Blog
7 Ways Financial Anxiety Can Trap You In a Constant Downward Spiral
Have you ever sat there, staring at your bills, and just felt utterly overwhelmed and stressed out, even though you know you have plenty of money in the bank to pay them? Or perhaps you feel incredibly guilty for spending money on anything “extra” that you don’t...
How to Establish Good Credit
This post was originally published on February 15th, 2022. It has been updated to include more information on how to establish good credit, whether you've had bad credit in the past, or you've never had a credit score before.Your credit score affects more than you...
7 Easy Ways to Spot a Credit Repair Scam
This post was originally published on July 7th, 2021. It has been updated to include the latest information on credit repair scams, how to avoid them, and how to repair your credit.This is a frustratingly common situation: Your credit isn’t great, and you want to fix...
What Does Retirement Look Like for You?
Retirement doesn’t happen all at once, at least not in the way most people picture. It happens in stages, and those stages look very different from each other. But they all play into how to plan to make your money last as long as possible. For most Americans,...
The Rules for Inherited IRAs Have Changed – Here’s What You Need to Know
Americans hold more than $19.2 trillion in IRAs (individual retirement accounts). So it’s likely you’ll end up inheriting one. And that’s definitely good news. The catch: In most cases, you have to completely empty the account within ten years. And depending on the...
Why 529 Plans Aren’t Just for Kids and How to Open One for Yourself
Everyone refers to 529 plans as college savings plans for kids. And that’s how they started out. But these tax-advantaged plans have evolved into so much more. You can benefit from your own 529 plan. Whether or not you’re in school right now. Even if you don’t have...