If you’re looking for different places to park your money, Money Market Funds are generally a safe and reliable way to earn a bit more interest over your standard savings account. These funds tend to be low risk, stable investments and work well for shorter term investment strategies – six months to a year. But what is a money market fund? Think … [Read more...] about Investing Crash Course: Money market funds
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Money Rules to Make Your Marriage Better
Welcome to the Heavy Purse 2015 Financial Literacy Awareness Carnival! Shannon has graciously included my article in this year's carnival, please see her site for more great posts from fellow bloggers! So you’re married now. You and your partner are excited to start building your new lives together and tackle all those dreams you spent hours … [Read more...] about Money Rules to Make Your Marriage Better
Five Barriers to Retirement Planning (and how to overcome them)
Do you plan on saving for your retirement one day? Do you want to go on that vacation first? Do you think you it’s too expensive? People have a lot of reasons for wanting to focus on their finances right here and now – and a lot of them of very good reasons. According to a 2012 Deloitte retirement survey, 58% of Americans do not have a formal … [Read more...] about Five Barriers to Retirement Planning (and how to overcome them)
Investment Crash Course: How to read your prospectus
Welcome to the latest post in my Investment Crash Course Series, please check out my earlier articles in the series: Investing Crash Course: Week 1 (Dow Jones) Investing Crash Course: Review of Different Financial Products Investing Crash Course: Money Market Funds A word of caution while reading my series – I am learning. Everything I … [Read more...] about Investment Crash Course: How to read your prospectus
Sunday’s Sweet Savage Love #9
Welcome back to Sweet Savage Love, it's where I share some of my favourite posts from around the web and recommend my favourite cheezy romance book this week. Cringe-worthy? Sure. But that's fun too. Okay, here goes: My Posts from This Week Investing Crash Course: Money Market Funds Making It Happen: January Goals Update Sweet Savage Link … [Read more...] about Sunday’s Sweet Savage Love #9