Articles tagged: ‘personal finance’
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What is an index fund?
In which I tell you everything I know about index funds, and why you might choose a fund instead...
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Bond Funds: Risks and Rewards
Learn the basics of bond funds and why you might consider investing in a fund instead of buying...
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Series I Savings Bond Rate Update, November 2023
The U.S. Treasury Department announced a new interest rate for Series I bonds, as they do every...
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Bond risks
Now that interest rates are back at historically normal levels, bonds look a lot more...
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Real Estate Investment Trusts: The affordable way to be a landlord
Interested in real estate investing? Try an REIT. You get many of the same benefits as being a...
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Cars are expensive
Cars are expensive. Even modestly-priced vehicles can cost $5,000-$8,000 every year once you...
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What is stock and what does it mean when you own it?
When you buy shares of stock through an exchange, you're buying an ownership stake in a...
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Rich Dad Poor Dad is a terrible personal finance book
Rich Dad Poor Dad is a terrible book full of half-baked platitudes masquerading as advice.
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Inverted yield curve explained
When it comes to bonds, usually a longer maturity means higher coupon rates. When plotted on a...
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Understanding bond yields
In which I try my best to explain what a bond is; how bond pricing is shaped by interest rates;...
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Insurers are starting to pull out of California due to wildfire risk
Jake an'nem ain't writing new policies in California no mo’!
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Series I Savings Bond Rate Update, May 2023
The Treasury Department announced a new interest rate for Series I bonds, and it's much lower....
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What is preferred stock?
Preferred stock or preferred shares are sort of a blend of stocks and bonds. Like stocks, you're...
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Double Your Money: The Rule of 72
I do most of the financial planning and investing for our household. I'd also like us to have...
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Medical debt means Southerners have worse credit
A national healthcare system could go a long way towards fixing this. So could Medicaid expansion.
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Planning an Early Retirement
Most retirement advice assumes that you'll want to work for forty or fifty years until you...
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Baskets of Eggs
Buy multiple stocks. Motley Fool reccommends owning 25–30. Better yet invest in an index fund or...
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How to Buy Savings Bonds or Treasury Bonds
Something I recently learned, or maybe it's something that I just recently noticed: savings...
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How to Buy Treasury Bills and Treasury Notes
Treasury bills and notes are two securities products offered by the United States Treasury...
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Questions to ask yourself about money
Things to think about before you start investing.
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Links of Interest for November 29, 2022
Today's links are a little bit tech and a little bit money.