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22% of Women Aren’t Involved in Their Own Retirement Planning

Earning, Investing, Planning, Retirement, SavingBy Nikita WolffJuly 27, 2021Leave a comment

22% of women aren’t involved in their own retirement planning. Can you believe that?  (Source included below).   While we’ve made leaps and bounds of progress in the recent decades to find more financial equality in the household, we still aren’t there, and this number illustrates a larger problem at hand. Women still don’t have…

When Is It Okay To Buy Single Stocks?

Investing, Planning, Retirement, SavingBy Nikita WolffJuly 16, 2021Leave a comment

Many of us have probably had that moment in our investing lives, where something piques our interest, and we wonder if maybe we should just take the risk and buy stock in a company we believe will do well in the future.    3rd Decade’s message is clear at this point: invest in low-cost index…

Poverty Charges Interest

Earning, Investing, Planning, Retirement, SavingBy Nikita WolffJune 17, 2021Leave a comment

Have you heard of the phrase “poverty charges interest”?    Tay Zonday posted a Tweet on Jul 19, 2018, that read: Being poor now just leads to being more poor later. Can’t pay to clean your teeth? Next year, pay for a root canal. Can’t pay for a new mattress? Next year, pay for back…

Should I Finance A Car?

Earning, Investing, Planning, Retirement, SavingBy Nikita WolffMarch 30, 2021Leave a comment

Short answer: probably not.    There are a lot of things to consider in making your decision, but there are a few especially important things to consider before making this decision.   Am I already reaching my other financial goals?  You should have a very solid idea at this point in the planning stage of…

Charitable Giving

Earning, Investing, Planning, Retirement, SavingBy Nikita WolffMarch 3, 2021Leave a comment

Why should I consider giving away some of my hard earned money? What would you give for a little dose of long lasting happiness? It turns out giving of ourselves produces a longer lasting high than food, drugs, sex, fame or fortune. A famous Chinese proverb says:    “If you want happiness for an hour,…

The F.I.R.E. Movement

Earning, FI/RE, Investing, Retirement, SavingBy Guest BloggerFebruary 12, 2021Leave a comment

Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) is a movement dedicated to a program of extreme savings and investment that allows proponents to retire far earlier than traditional budgets and retirement plans would allow. By dedicating up to 70% of income to savings, followers of the FIRE movement may eventually be able to quit their jobs and…

Beware of Attractive Lending

Earning, Investing, Retirement, SavingBy Nikita WolffFebruary 3, 2021Leave a comment

We’re all familiar with the concept of Payday loans; high interest, nearly-criminal lending to those who’ve found themselves living a little more stretched than just “paycheck to paycheck”. I’ve heard stories where people make their required payments on time, for the designated number of months, thinking they’ve paid back their debt in full, only to…

Essentialism & Minimalism

Earning, Investing, Retirement, SavingBy Nikita WolffJanuary 13, 2021Leave a comment

We’ve all heard the phrase, “less is more”. But why is this? It turns out, there’s a psychological reason for it. Humans are wired in a way that, when presented with too many options, we actually can experience decision fatigue. Psychology Today talks more about this concept in this article.    The Minimalists would describe…

Leverage is a Tool: A Dangerous Tool

Earning, Investing, Planning, Retirement, SavingBy Guest BloggerJanuary 4, 2021Leave a comment

On our left shoulder, every one of us has a silky smooth reddish man with a beard almost as pointy as his horns.  He’s got a strong jaw, endless confidence, and we kinda like the sound of his voice in our ear.  It’s exciting when he comes around and always a thrill to hear his…

An Evil Stepmother’s Guide for Teaching Your Child Personal Finance (Part 3)

Earning, Investing, Planning, Retirement, Saving, UncategorizedBy Guest BloggerDecember 22, 2020Leave a comment

By: Diane Darling   An Evil Stepmother’s Guide for Teaching Your Child Personal Finance, PART 3   In Part 1 of this series, we explored about how to talk to your kids about their money. In Part 2, we discussed how your children might earn money with which to learn financial literacy. In this part…

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