Posted On: April 8, 2016 | Posted In: Personal Finance 101 | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
Save more, spend less. Earn more, still spend less. Those are the two ways you’re going to get advice about how to build wealth (and to me saving includes investing — should probably make that clear upfront). When people lecture about how to save more (myself included) the number one strategy is to automate, automate, automate. … Continued
Posted On: April 1, 2016 | Posted In: Millennials | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
“Put on your own mask before assisting others.” I’ve heard flight attendants, or more recently the inflight video, state this line hundreds of times. The moral of course being you don’t do anyone any good if you fall over gasping for breath before you finish putting a mask on your child or panicking seatmate. Currently, … Continued
Posted On: March 24, 2016 | Posted In: Love and Money | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
Up popped a gchat screen and my friend asking if I had a few moments to answer a money question. Always happy to dish about finances, I obliged. For the sake of her privacy, I won’t get into the particulars, but she had a financial strategy in place and wanted my two cents about whether … Continued
Posted On: March 3, 2016 | Posted In: Personal Finance 101 | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
There is a perverse myth that’s taken hold in our recently credit-score-obsessed culture. A myth so upsetting to my delicate feminine emotions, it leaves me longing for the days of fainting couches. This myth is doing damage to the already weakened bank accounts scores of millennials attempt to fatten each month. This myth is my … Continued
Posted On: February 23, 2016 | Posted In: Personal Finance 101 | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
During the course of a three-hour class that occurs from 6 pm to 9 pm after working a full day, the mind may begin to wander. I on occasion will begin to plot my next travel adventure or wonder when I’ll be able to get another dog or fantasize about reaching that next money goal … Continued
