The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card has always been a favorite among travelers, and now it offers even more reasons to love it. The big sign-on bonus and recently introduced additional perks have elevated this card’s appeal, making it a must-have for those seeking flexible and valuable travel rewards. With the introduction of Chase Ultimate Rewards®… [Continue Reading]
Develop Your Skills and Talents
By Shawn Jenkins and Jonathan Mendonsa Shawn Have you ever considered your career to be like a brokerage account for financial freedom? You want to make the most of what’s in your account—or career—but you also want to do things to grow the account. In terms of a career, that translates to increasing your income…. [Continue Reading]
Chainsaws and Credit Cards
Post Highlights: Credit cards are powerful, dangerous tools. If you fail to understand them and use them poorly, they can become an endless source of misery and debt. Credit card variable interest rate increases are tied to the prime rate, so as the Fed raises the interest rate, the interest rate on your credit card… [Continue Reading]
The Simple Path to a Lucrative Career
It is always wise to be careful in choosing with whom you associate and do business. The older I get the more this has proven true. I’ve known Jonathan and Brad, the founders of ChooseFI, for a long time. I was one of their first podcast guests and have been honored to be invited back… [Continue Reading]
Review: Empower Retirement Planner
Empower If you have come here, read through the Stock Series and decided the simple low-cost approach described makes sense, you are now faced with the problem of how do you get from where you are to where you want to be. That is, what do you do with all the investments you already have?… [Continue Reading]
Tuft & Needle: A better path to sleep
About a decade ago and roughly a mile from where I lived at the time there was a mansion on a hill. As I don’t much care about mansions I don’t recall many of the details. I do remember a huge pool in the center of the house with columns running along the sides and… [Continue Reading]
Betterment: The Alternative to DIY Investing
One of the things I’ve learned in the years I have been writing this blog is just how many people there are whose eyes begin to glaze over at the mere mention of investing. They know it is important but their mind just shuts down when the topic comes up. They have better things to… [Continue Reading]