Savings
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Budget Travel Guide for Millennials: Save Money & Explore the World
Lately, you’ve had a serious case of wanderlust. You would give anything to roam the streets of Paris, sit in a hot spring in Iceland, or climb a mountain in South America. There’s just one prob
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Retirement Savings at 40: What's Your Target?
Approaching 40 years of age can be financially eye-opening. This is when all the life choices you made over the last two decades start catching up with you… for better or worse. So, how much sho
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Personal Capital vs. YNAB: Which Budgeting Tool is Right for You?
Staying on top of personal finances requires you make a daily commitment. Unfortunately, people often create difficult financial situations because they let their finances slide, going days or w
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Maximize Profits at Garage Sales: A Beginner's Guide
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! And for true bargain hunters, a garage sale can be a trove of valuable items, full of hidden gems that could fetch significantly more than the asking price o
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Trim vs. Truebill: A Comprehensive Comparison to Save Money
Stop and think about all your various subscription services. There’s Netflix for movies and TV, Trade for coffee deliveries, Spotify for music, Home Chef for groceries, AT&T for your cell phone… the l
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Best Savings Options for a Down Payment: Maximize Your Home Buying Fund
Buying a house is one of the most expensive undertakings in a person’s life. So it pays to have plenty stashed away in savings before house hunting! But where’s the best place to safely save and
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Master Weekly Budgeting: A Simple Guide to Financial Control
Budgeting can stretch a tight income and protect a large fortune. It’s one of the smartest financial moves you can make. One type of budget that works well is the weekly budget. Keep reading to learn
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Top 25 Free Food Apps: Get Discounts & Rewards
Everybody likes free food. Especially these days, when food is more expensive than ever. But luckily, it’s also easier than ever to get free food or a free drink. All you need is the right rewards app
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YNAB Review 2024: Is You Need a Budget Worth It?
You Need a Budget — or YNAB, for short — is a popular budget app. In fact, Millennial Money has chosen YNAB as the top budgeting app for 2021. Why? Simple: YNAB can help you visualize and understand b
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7 Common Money Mistakes Millennials Make (and How to Avoid Them)
This isn’t the typical save more money, max your 401k, invest more money post. We all make mistakes and when it comes to money, and over the years I have made a lot of them. Here are m
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The Pitfalls of Abandoning Frugality: A Millennial Money Mistake
Frugality has always been a deep part of my life, but this year I ran from frugality with reckless abandon. And I’m officially adding “Losing Frugality” to my list of top millennial money mi
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Calculate the True Cost of Anything: A Guide to Frugality & Financial Independence
As part of my return to frugality, I am revisiting the core concepts that help me achieve financial independence by age 30. In this post, I am going to show you how to calculate the true cost of anyth
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Save Money Dining Out: 20 Smart Strategies for Millennials
My wife and I are like most millennials in that we enjoy eating good food at restaurants. According to a 2016 Zagat survey, on average, people spend about $36 per person while eating out.
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Achieve Financial Freedom: How to Save 82% of Your Income
I have been super inspired by all of the personal finance bloggers who are saving 50%+ of their incomes, including my podcast co-host Matt who increased his savings rate to over 60% last year. I used
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Slash Commuting Costs: A Guide to Saving Thousands
I’m stuck on a 4+ hour cross-country flight and highly caffeinated. Proceed at your own risk! Haha. Thinking about commuting this way was a game-changer for me and has helped me personally save over $
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Finding Financial Fulfillment: Is More Money Always Better?
So many people spend their lives only chasing money. I can see it literally and figuratively every day when I walk to my office. Blank faces, coffee in hand, bobbing and weaving past other blank faces
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Optimal Savings Rate: How Much Should You Save Monthly?
How much money should you save each month? I get asked this question all the time. Here’s my answer: “Save as much as you can.” Seriously, every 1% you save will have a huge impact on your future net-
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Affordable Housing: Strategies for Lower Rent Costs in US Cities
It’s a cold Saturday night in Chicago and I’m huddled on the back porch of a three-floor walk-up chatting with a few friends about apartment hunting. In the past year, apartment rents have gone u
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Beginner's Guide: 5 Proven Steps to Start Saving Money Now
MM Note: This is a guest post from Todd Kunsman, a 29 year old who started his FIRE journey 3 years ago. Given the success of his first guest post 8 Steps To Financial Freedom, I asked Todd to follow
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Personal Capital Review 2021: Features, Fees & Performance
Personal Capital Overall Rating 9.5 Bottom Line In addition to their Robo-advisor investing and wealth management services, Personal Capital offers a suite of best in class FREE f
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Treynor Ratio: Understanding Risk-Adjusted Portfolio PerformanceThe Treynor Ratio is a portfolio performance measure that adjusts for systematic riskSystematic RiskSystematic risk is that part of the total risk that is caused by factors beyond the control of a spe...
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iGaming Investment: Trends & Future of the Online Casino IndustryIn recent years, the online casino gaming industry has experienced something of a boom. The rapid spread and ubiquity of internet access means that almost everyone can enjoy casino gambling without ...
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Target Price Matching: Save Money on Your Next Shopping TripYou may be able to pay a lower price...
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Alternative Investments: 5 Options for Higher Returns (with Risk Assessment)Hungry for higher yields than you’re getting? But payoffs can be big. Further up the risk curve, online brokerages let you invest in the next Twitter, though you’ll need nerves of steel...