Best Way to Track Your Net Worth
Almost two years ago I started tracking our net worth. I had seen many of my blogging friends track their net worth from month to month, and began to realize how beneficial it is to track. For those of you who aren’t currently tracking your net worth, odds are...
How Investments are Taxed
Never does a year go by without a more complicated tax code. The complete tax code now stands at more than 76,000 pages and millions of words. Investors have to deal with quite a few different tax rules, laws, and policies. Let’s look at how different...
The Zen of Shopping: 10 Ways to Quiet Your Impulses
In our materialistic culture, it’s easy to be tempted by the allure of new and exciting products, especially as advertising becomes ever more targeted. Companies know more than ever about our personalities, lifestyles and buying habits, and promote products and...
Why Paying Off Your Mortgage is So Darn Tempting
My wife and I have owned our home for less than 3 months, and I am already tempted to start paying extra money towards our mortgage. Not only that, but we have paid exactly TWO payments. That’s 2 out of 360 total payments, or 1/180th. About half of a percentile....
Hi, I’m Corey. I’m a husband, college graduate, young adult, and non-profit manager. I enjoy learning new things about personal finance and sharing them with my loyal readers. Join the conversation.