As part of a growing trend across states around the country, it appears that Michigan is poised to become the 14th state to mandate a personal finance education.
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Author: Matthew Tilmann
How To Prepare Financially For a Second Baby
Raising one child can certainly be expensive enough (but we all know that the experience of being a parent is priceless). However, when another baby is on the way, expanding your family from one to kids can come with a whole other set of financial planning aspects that you’ll want to take into consideration before delivery day.
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What Could Help Lower Gas Prices?
Scroll through any of your social media feeds, and there’s one topic that seems to trend the most: gas prices. With prices over $5 a gallon in several parts of the country now, prices are likely to remain there in the near future. However, there may be some rays of hope.
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New App ‘DadPad’ Launched in UK To Help Dads and Dads-To-Be Prep for Fatherhood.
When it comes to the arrival of a new little one, there is no shortage of books geared toward moms and moms-to-be, like the infamous What To Expect When You’re Expecting, and more. However, some dads and dads-to-be may feel like they’re on the sideline when it comes to material available for what they might expect as well. A new app, while available in the UK for now, DadPad, hopes to change that.
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3 Ways To Remove PMI from Your Mortgage
When taking out a mortgage, it has usually been standard practice to put down 20% toward the price. Now, via a post from GoBankingRates.com, the National Association of Realtors discovered in 2021 that homebuyers are putting down less money than ever before on their mortgages.
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Father’s Day 2022 Gift Guide: Serial Griller: Grillmaster Secrets for Flame-Cooked Perfection
Since this is Mitten Dad, one of the biggest days of the year is coming up quickly in Father’s Day. If the dad in your life is of the grilling type when it comes to meal prep, look no further than today’s BookBub deal of the day, Serial Griller: Grillmaster Secrets for Flame-Cooked Perfection, available for $1.99 in the Kindle format.
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10 Pieces of Financial Advice a College Grad Should Know
One of my passions is personal finance and making it relatable for as many as possible, and trying to write about and highlight information that I think would be useful. I know when I was in college, I wish I would have had half the information available as there is now. With graduation season in full swing, I wanted to highlight an article that covered some great topics college grads should know as they enter the “adulting” world.
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4 Tips To Get Caught Up On Retirement Savings
You’ve probably heard of the old phrase, “time is money,”, especially in the business world. Time is something that many investors are missing out on especially when it comes to retirement planning.
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What Comes Next After Retiring Early?
As mentioned in the previous post, there’s no reason that millennials can’t look forward to early retirement. If you’re one of the ones who have been able to accomplish this feat, you might be wondering, “what comes next?” I wanted to highlight this story from NextAdvisor in partnership with Time, that features Bernadette Joy, founder of Crush Your Money Goals, who have had to ponder just that.
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5 Financial Factors For Millenials and Their Money
According to census data, millennials passed the baby boomer generation as the largest living generation in 2019. With that, millennials also get to experience some unique personal finance topics that older generations didn’t necessarily have to worry about. Read on for more.
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