The Grow Your Dough Challenge involved putting $1,000 into your investment choices, via whatever investing platform you liked, at the beginning of 2019. I ended up investing via seven different platforms: Acorns, Capital One, E*Trade, Fundrise, Lending Club, M1 Finance and Robinhood. Read more about my year of investing…
A smart way to save for college right now is by opening a tax-advantaged 529 account. Inside the account your investment earnings can grow tax-deferred, allowing for a higher return on investment than if the funds were in a taxable account. You can open a 529 account for yourself if you are headed for higher learning or for your children as soon as they are born!
Announcing the release of the Squintillions Beginner’s Guide to Building Financial Success. The guide covers a top 20 list of financial tips to help those new to personal finance get started on the path to financial success. Contains explanations for each tip covered as well as links to further resources.
Time for my 2019 Grow Your Dough Challenge third quarter update. The Grow Your Dough Challenge involves putting $1000 into the investments of your choice via the investing platform of your choice at the beginning of the year. At the end of 12 months, we’ll see how the investments have progressed and which one can grow the most dough. I invested in seven different platforms, plus myself and my blog. Read more to learn how my investments are doing.
The standard recommendation for an emergency fund is 3 to 6 months of expenses (some sources even say 6 to 9 months). Whoa, that seems like a lot of money, especially if you have a family to support! This article breaks down how to get your emergency fund started and covers the benefits of having one. Click the title to read more.
Time for the 2019 Grow Your Dough Challenge second quarter update! The Grow Your Dough Challenge involves putting $1000 into the investments of your choice via the investing platform of your choice at the beginning of the year. At the end of 12 months, we’ll see how the investments have progressed and which one can grow the most dough. For the challenge, I made investments across six different investing platforms, plus a special bonus category of investing in myself through my blogs and YouTube channel. (Click through to read more…)
Following my investment choices in the Grow Your Dough Challenge. $1000 invested for 12 months in each of theses accounts: Acorns, Robinhood, Fundrise, Lending Club, E*Trade, and a Capital One CD. Also looking at costs to develop my blog and YouTube channel as part of investing in these tools and my education to use them.