Today we have a guest post for you from Listen Money Matters about how young people can finally get over their fear of investing. Enjoy! There are several reasons why young people today fear investing their money. If you are one of them and you … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Young People Can Get Over the Fear of Investing
Matthew found my article "Can we be a single-income household" and asked the following question: Mike, I read your article about becoming a single income household and I have a question. My wife and I recently had our second child and she just … [Read more...] about Going Single-Income: Help a Reader Make the Decision
Almost a year ago, I wrote an article about creating a budget, and I even linked to my own sample spreadsheet. But budgeting is such an important personal finance basic that I'm going to write a whole new article about budgeting. Not all of us … [Read more...] about Personal Finance Basics: Financial Planning
Growing up and then throughout college, I never really handled my finances well. However, I never made a late payment on any bill, but I also racked up a lot of debt. Luckily after college, something clicked in me to pay attention to my finances. … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Your Finances Overwhelm You
Continuing with my Ways to Save Money Series, based on the Save to Quit eBook, I'd like to introduce an idea that many of you will find surprising: Paying Yourself First. If you follow the personal-finance world, you probably heard of this already, … [Read more...] about Ways to Save Money #5: Pay Yourself First
Over the last 2 weeks, I've resisted selling off my mutual funds and ETFs (I don't hold individual stocks) after watching all the value gained in 2007 plummet and even go negative. Here's one mantra that I'm constantly reinforcing into my head: Buy … [Read more...] about Quick Investing Tip: When to Invest
