Investing & Taxes
Take a look at this chart. Can you guess what it’s measuring? Is it the S&P 500’s performance over time? Close! It represents searches for the term “S&P 500” over time. Why am I looking at this? Well, mostly because I don’t have other empirical ways to get a pulse check on public awareness of […]
When I originally published this post in February 2021, my thesis was pretty simple: Comparing your financial situation and decisions to the gals you wine down with on Bachelor Monday probably won’t net highly favorable results, because you’re selecting your “financial frame of reference” based on unrelated qualifications. As I revisit the idea in 2025, […]
Welcome to another installment of Money with Katie Horrifies Readers Outside the US—also known as, another foray into the US healthcare system. If you’ve missed the previous two installments, feel free to check them out here: How to Budget for Healthcare in the US in the Least Frustrating Way Possible Navigating the US Healthcare System […]
The other night on Instagram Stories (a sentence that’s so 2025 it hurts), I asked what question you’d ask a Magic Money 8 Ball (unfortunately, I’ve watched so many cartel movies that I now feel the need to clarify I’m talking about those adorable children’s toys, not a substantive amount of cocaine). I asked the […]