Month: February 2023

GoBundance Special: Empowerment Through Sports with Aaron Velky and Don’t Wait to Start Investing with Kurt Buchert

Need a burst of motivation to help you thrive through your start to the new year? In this GoBundance Special, Aaron Velky and Kurt Buchert share their inspiring stories and offer tips for taking action on the things that matter most. Listen and learn when to get out of your own way, how to hone the business-owner mindset, and more.
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12 Things The Pandemic Ruined More Than People Realize

While scrolling the front page of the internet, I encountered an interesting question, “What did the pandemic ruin more than we realize?” The answers are fascinating, and here are the top-voted responses. 1. It’s Affected, Kids “As a teacher, it’s affected kids in a way people don’t realize. So kids who had their first year … Read more

How to achieve financial wellness

Financial wellness includes preparing for the future by having savings handy, retirement plans in place, and keeping your debts down.Financial wellness includes preparing for the future by having savings handy, retirement plans in place, and keeping your debts down.

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How Americans Define ‘Financial Wellness’ in 2023

Three things are necessary to avoid the money blues today.

Debt Is Not For Life #WSPD16

This post is part of the World Suicide Prevention Day blog tour. If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visit www.Suicide.org. My friend Melanie, who just released her book Dear Debt: A Story About Breaking Up With Debt, has organized a blog tour […]

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How to Get Out of a Bad Annuity (without breaking the bank)

See if this situation sounds familiar… I recently had a call from an individual who had left his job, and he needed to roll over his 401(k). Not having a financial advisor, he relied on the referral of a neighbor on who he should work with. Without doing any more research, he met with the […]

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Uh oh: United updates its policy on mistake fares, gaming the system

Mistake fares generate a lot of buzz, but good luck getting them honored on United Airlines. The Chicago-based carrier updated its contract of carriage document on Friday, Feb. 17, with some significant changes for those who purchase mistake fares. Effective immediately, United “reserves the right” to cancel mistake fares, which the carrier now defines as …

Back to School: Be Money Smart

People always told me that college is fun. That it would be the best years of my life. But what those people didn’t mention was that while college is definitely fun, it’s also woefully expensive. I’m not just talking about tuition and room & board; I’ve found that those expenses are only the tip of

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8 Restaurants Offering Cheap Margaritas on Wednesday

These restaurant chains are celebrating National Margarita Day with drink deals.

What are mutual funds and how do they work?

[This is the first installment in a series examining index funds. We’ll discuss the managed mutual fund market first to form a basis of comparison with index funds. In Part II, we will look at how an index is calculated and what an index fund is. In Part III, we’ll consider how to evaluate index funds and where to buy them.]

We can’t predict the future — so when it comes to investing, minimizing risk is the name of the game. One highly effective strategy to help limit investment risk is through diversification, and most of us achieve it by investing in mutual funds.

Mutual funds, and their close cousins, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), achieve diversification by buying a wide variety of different bonds, stocks, or whatever investments they focus on. You and I typically don’t have enough money to achieve that kind of diversification on our own, but we can get it on our limited budget by investing in a mutual fund.</