What’s the key to building wealth? Multiple income streams. At least that’s what millionaires will tell you. 65% of them have at least three income streams, and nearly 1/3 have 5 or more income streams. So if you’re still tied to your day job, and you’re serious about reaching financial freedom, then ditch the cars, […]
Investing
How to Hack Your Roth IRA as an Emergency Fund
Don’t emergency funds suck? Sure, they might help you sleep better at night. But let’s be honest. In the world of putting your money to work, that lousy emergency fund is the biggest slacker in the group. While the rest of your money is busy wheeling, dealing, and investing, that boring emergency fund is just […]
Personal Capital vs. Mint: The Ultimate Money App Showdown
When it comes to tracking your money, the personal finance industry has two clear leaders in the free category. Which leads to one of the most common questions sent across the Money Wizard inbox: Personal Capital vs. Mint? There’s only one way to settle this dispute, and that’s a head to head comparison between the […]
The Correct Order for Investing Your Money
Let’s imagine you stumble onto a suitcase bursting at the seams with cash. Hey, isn’t this game fun!? Maybe you’ve got a rich uncle, or your side hustle as a gray market arms dealer just took a lucrative turn. Or maybe, more realistically, you’re like most readers of this site. You’ve started making decent money, […]
The Ultimate Index Fund Showdown: Vanguard vs. Betterment
Last Updated: April 2018 Drumroll please… Today’s post is easily the most requested topic since I started this blog a year and a half ago. If you’re one of the hundreds of readers within the past few months who I told to be lookout for this article, then I have two comments: Thanks for being […]
