Investing & Taxes

Thanks to Betterment for sponsoring this deep dive into the intricacies of the taxable Investing account vs. the Roth IRA.  Paid client. Views may not be representative. See App Store & Google Play reviews. Learn more. Investing involves risk. Performance not guaranteed.   Here’s the bottom line up front (BLUF?): If you (and your spouse, […]

…otherwise known as, the world’s best problem to have. Maybe you just discovered personal finance education and you’re walking through the world with your eyes wide open for the first time, suddenly painfully aware of the $40,000 sitting stagnant in your savings account earning $40 per year (0.01% interest). Or maybe you’ve been dabbling in […]

If there were one overwhelming theme that characterizes the online personal finance space, it’d be passive income. I see it constantly: “Passive income strategies!” “7 reasons why you need passive income!” “How passive income helped me fix my marriage and lose 40 pounds!” The way gurus talk about it, you’d think there were untapped money […]

Today, I don’t want to talk about the gender wage gap. I don’t want to talk about how fewer women are saving for retirement compared to men. I want to talk about why… Women are better investors than men. Woohoo! Grab your thongs and your lipstick, ladies, we’re heading down to Wall Street to reclaim […]