The average American dog owner spends $1,549 each year on their pet, according to people who survey these things, and the ASPCA estimates the average cat costs $7,640 over its lifetime! As somebody who owns a cat and was just punched in the face with exactly how much it costs to adopt a dog, these numbers were […]
Saving Money
The Money Wizard’s 5 Favorite Tools for Saving Money
Want to save more money? What a dumb question. Of course you do! The problem, as you surely know, is that the personal finance world is full of snake oil salesman peddling garbage products. Products that are more likely to waste your money than save it. Which is why I’ve volunteered to be a […]
The 9 Best Finance Books I Read Before Saving My First $100,000
By the age of five, the human brain is 90% developed, and according to some scientific studies, our personalities are mostly set for life by the time we reach first grade. I don’t know about you, but I find that absolutely fascinating. If true, it means our early life experiences play a HUGE role in […]
Apparently, compound interest is so powerful, I’m now set for life.
As a personal finance blogger, you’d think I’d have a pretty good understanding of compound interest by now. I thought I did, right until I ran a little experiment that shocked me to my core, and nearly two weeks later, still has my head spinning. The experiment It’s funny. As an obsessed money geek, I’ve […]
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 […]
