Should You Start Your Own Business When You Graduate?
Let’s face it, the economy still stinks. In general, unemployment still sits at close to 8%. For those with bachelors degrees, the unemployment rate is lower, currently hovering around 4%, but this doesn’t include all those recent graduates who are working...
What Type of Return Should You Expect from Stock Market?
What’s the stock market going to give you if you invest today and hold for 40 years? If I had the answer to that, I would be a billionaire in the making. No one knows exactly, but there are a few ways to get a reasonable answer. At the end of the day,...
Save for a Home Down Payment OR Invest for Retirement
My wife and I have started to make plans for the upcoming move. We are still nine to ten months away from moving to the new city, but I want to be well prepared for the move. Hopefully this will be the last big move that we have to make and I want to make it as smooth...
How to Break a Spending Habit
Ever since college, I’ve had a bad spending habit – or an addiction, if you will. In the early years I didn’t see it as an addiction – instead it was something that made my life more valuable. Unlike other people’s bad habits, this one...
3 Possible Issues When Moving Back Home After College
With a still shaky economy and loads of student loan debt, more and more college grads are moving back home after college. While on the surface this may appear like an easy transition, there are actually many potential issues you could face. Before moving back home,...
REITs: What they are and Should You Invest in Them?
I’ve talked about how real estate compares to the stock market. Real estate offers sustainable cash flows and valuable tax benefits for investors. Most importantly, real estate is something that should always be in demand because, face it, you have to live...
How To Handle A Part Time Side Business
There are a large number of people that work a full-time job and have a passion for starting a side business to bring in additional income. I am not talking about getting a job working nights and weekends in retail, but actually starting your own business. When...
Dividend Investing: How and Why to Do it
Own a stock and get paid to wait. That’s the idea of dividend investing. While you wait for your portfolio to appreciate (ideally) you also receive a regular stream of income. Dividends give you a leg up, too. Over history, dividend-paying companies have given...
Ways to Make Extra Money
I hate to use the ‘Woe is Me’ expression when I talk about young adults, but this is often the reality for young adults, especially when it comes to personal finances. Young adults not only have lower salaries than other age groups, but they also are...
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.