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Who Wants $17,000? Easy Savings
I’m a bit of a cheapskate. That’s not entirely true. My wife and I recently booked a very...
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How to Buy Your First Stock
I just finished an investing basics class at Women’s Money Matters and we talked a bit about stocks...
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Home Solar: Worth Every Penny
I began my home solar journey in 2022. My first set of 22 panels went live in April 2023, and I added...
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The Option Trading Risk That Can Cost You Thousands
I’ve written quite a bit about covered call options. I have a full section on them here. What...
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Trouble For Retirees: Social Security Faces A shortfall (again)
Last year in the post That’s My Money… I wrote about the social security shortfall: how...
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How to Start Investing: A Beginner's Guide
Get Started Investing We’ll talk a little about why we want to invest and how to select investments,...
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Cybersecurity Checklist: Protect Yourself Online
This one’s for all of my friends at Women’s Money Matters. In a session last night on credit,...
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The Importance of Financial Independence
My wife and I are financially independent. We live in an average home, in an average town, and we take...
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What's a Brokerage Account and How Do I Get One?
Even if we don’t plan to invest we should have a brokerage account. We’ll talk about why...
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Using Investments to Offset Inflation and the High Cost of everything
Prices are high. No kidding! According to our friends at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Inflation...
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Just Do It
Hit Sell. I did, back in March 2024. But let’s look at the whole story. Nike Nike is an...
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What is Wealth? How Much is Enough?
Deep thoughts for a Sunday? But important. At what point can we stop worrying about money? This...