Dollar-cost averaging is an investment strategy that can really save your neck in the right circumstances. But it’s a strategy that I avoid when I…
Author: Matthew
One of my favorite financial tools is a savings account with sub accounts. It’s a nice way to give each dollar a job. It also…
If you’re curious how you stack up, to everyone else, it helps to look at the average 401k balance by age. But if you want…
If there’s one thing that scares me about my money situation, it’s inflation. In one of my most popular posts where I broke down how…
Late last year, I took my first trip to Hawaii. It’s officially the furthest West I’ve ever been. And it wasn’t just me. My wife…
I consider myself something of a personal finance nerd. After all, I’ve written freelance on the topic, have my own blog, built my own spreadsheets,…
At some point, everyone works hard for their money. The key to building wealth is to make your money work hard for you. This is…
Exploring the gap between what you pay and what you get I can still remember when I was suspended from school in 10th grade. I was…
Restoring joy to generosity
There’s no escaping the first rule of personal finance
