Category: Investing

This is the third of a multi-part series on how to invest outside of a 401K. The whole idea for this series started when I was asking a group …

This article on online brokerage accounts has been updated for 2024. This is the second of a multi-part series on how to invest online outside of a 401K. The …

A few weeks back I told the story about how zero out of thirty of my peers are investing outside of a 401k. In that post, I ran a …

When it comes to investing in your 401K, your options are limited to what your plan administrator decides to let you choose from – usually a mix of mutual …

Sometimes the best things in life are really free after all. Well, OK, personal finance services and strategy rarely fits in the ‘best things in life’ category, but that …

Closed End Funds: what the Heck are they? Closed end funds are not the easiest concept to pick up by amateur investors. They are a little bit like stocks …

If you’ve visited a brick and mortar local bank or credit union branch in the past few months, you’ve probably been asked the question, “would you like to opt …

The likelihood of interest rates for bank deposits increasing from the historical lows that they are at now is pretty high. I personally have been sitting on the sideline …