One of the reasons I decided to start a personal finance blog was due to disappointment. Mainly, disappointment due to the fact that our formal education system fails to teach kids about money. When I began learning in-depth about personal finance, I realized how much I didn’t
I remember when I first decided to learn about investing. I thought it would be super complicated and advanced, and I’d need another master’s degree just to figure it out. After all, most of what we see on the news is investment charts, daily stock changes, and
The personal finance community talks a lot about investing. We collectively cover the fundamentals, risks, benefits, and logistics. All of this is generally focused on investing money in the stock and bond markets. But is investing in the market the absolute best way to secure your financial
Personal finance is said to be disproportionately more about behavior and significantly less about actually having the necessary knowledge. It explains why so many people don’t even have $400 to cover a small emergency and also why the majority of investors lag the stock market returns each
Today we have a guest post (the very first here!). Brad Kingsley is a personal finance blogger and certified financial coach. He helps people create a plan for their finances to achieve big goals, like getting out of debt, paying for college and providing for a comfortable retirement.
Recently, my sister posted on Facebook about starting a Couch to 5K program. I commented that I had recently been on the opposite 5K to Couch program and had a lot of success with that, but should probably switch back to the Couch to 5K program now. Truly,
Sometimes, I can’t help but think about how much hurt and pain there is in the world. In every country, there are those that are homeless, hungry, abused, neglected and truly unable to change their circumstances. Yet, there are so many, many others that have fear and
When it comes to investing, I’ve always just kept my investments as simple as possible, mainly in index funds that track the total market and/or in target date funds for my retirement accounts. I keep in mind the 5 simple truths of investing. I don’t try to
I used to be intimidated by the thought of investing in stocks and bonds. I also thought that the only way to do it was to pick individual stocks or hire a professional to purchase mutual funds for you. Of course, neither is true. Investing itself can
If you’re just stopping by for the first time, this is a class in a series of classes over the next few months which will culminate in the development of a complete financial plan. Stop by HERE for a complete list of classes currently available and HERE for more information about the
I’m Kathryn Hanna and I love to budget (really, I do!), build spreadsheets, and spend money on travel, sewing supplies & good chocolate.
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