Here’s What a Fed Rate Cut Means For Your Money
In March 2020, the Fed cut its target Federal funds rate to 0%-.25%, one of the lowest…
Watching Your Wallet: When Little Things Add Up
These past few months, we’ve found ourselves shopping online as a way to pass the time, spending…
Guide to Student Loan Forgiveness
In 2020, student loan debt hit a record-breaking $1.56 trillion nationwide. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, millions…
What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits
As businesses shut their doors to combat the novel coronavirus, millions of Americans are applying for unemployment.…
Financial Fitness for Real Life
Budgeting: Count your Steps…and your cash Count your steps … and your cash! Staying physically fit is…
The 2019 Tax Filing Deadline Extension: Pay Now or Wait?
As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service extended the 2019 tax…
5 Ways to Make Your 2020 Money Goals a Reality
Paying down debt? Saving your first $5,000? Buying that investment property? If you’re like most people I…
How to Get Out of Debt: 5 Simple Steps
It’s easy to get into debt. Digging yourself out—not so much. And it doesn’t matter if you…
How to Save Money the Easy Way: Simplifi by Quicken Is My Must-Have Personal Finance and Budgeting App
A few times each week someone will reach out and ask me if there’s a budgeting or…
Emergency Fund Guide: How Much and How to Build One
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s the importance of an emergency fund (and regularly washing our…