5 simple debt management tips to get you back on track
The majority of adults will have to deal with managing their debt at some point in their lives. Accumulating owed funds will often see those same people turn to others for assistance in order to remain somewhat in control. Some will look into informal solutions to control their debt, in order to address the size […]
Digit helps to automate saving money and pay off your credit card debt, too!
If you can’t seem to get any savings done, there’s an app out there that could help you. Digit is a service that basically promises to use artificial intelligence to pluck extra money from your checking account and stash it away in an FDIC-insured savings account. There’s a free 100-day trial period with Digit, but […]
Self-made billionaire Jim Koch: These are the 2 most important things you can teach your kids
When Jim Koch quit a high-paying consulting job to launch The Boston Beer Company from his kitchen, his dad told him it was “about the dumbest f–ing idea he’d ever heard.” Koch, who went on to turn a family recipe into a $2 billion craft beer empire, learned that sometimes it’s better to listen to […]
Short on cash? Some notes of caution — and tips — about tapping retirement savings
Leakage: It’s more than just a plumbing problem. The term also describes money that, for various reasons, gets removed permanently from Americans’ 401(k)-style accounts and Individual Retirement Accounts — well before retirement age. “Leakage out of workplace plans and IRAs reduces retirement saving,” noted a new study by researchers at Boston College. “This reduction would […]