Category: Investing

5 Best Investments For Your Money Now (COVID-19!) [Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Fred Leamnson who started the blog Money with a Purpose in October 2017. The blog focused on three primary areas: Personal Finance, Overcoming Adversity, and Lifestyle. During his time at Money with a Purpose, he was quoted in Forbes, USA Today and appeared

Dave Ramsey vs Robert Kiyosaki – Who Should You Listen To? If you’ve been following this blog for awhile then you’re aware that we used Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps to become consumer debt free after racking up close to $300K in student loan debt. The financial principles he teaches are important, especially for the masses. But with anything I read

The Motley Fool Review: Is Their Stock Advisor Program Legit? [Editor’s Note: Today’s article in a guest post from Todd Kunsman who  is the Founder of Invested Wallet and featured in Time, Business Insider, & HuffPost. Self-educated on personal finance and investing. He’s passionate about financial freedom, investing, side hustles, and helping others realize they too can transform their finances..] *As a

Is The Fear And Greed Index Legit? If you’re a Warren Buffet fan like myself, then you’ve probably familiar with his recommendation regarding fear and greed: “Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful” – Warren Buffett Research shows that we use the part of our brain that emotions stem from to make day to day

7 Steps – How To Make Your Money Work For You I once heard it said that one of the biggest differences between the average “Joe” and the wealthy is this: Wealthy people earn interest while everyone else pays it. Knowing what I know now, you can replace the average “Joe” with the average “doctor”. Many high-income professionals that I

Do You Have A Fear Of Money? – Chrometophobia Whether you realize it or not, many people have some type of irrational fear of money. There’s actually a specific term for it: Chrometophobia – which is the extreme fear of money stemming from the Greek words “chrimata” (money) and “phobos” (fear). There are many different fears that this term encompasses

The Coronavirus Financial Survival Kit for Healthcare Professionals [Editor’s Note: Today’s article in a guest post from Dr. Brent W. Lacey, M.D. is a gastroenterologist who is passionate about helping physicians succeed with business and personal finances. As a physician, he understands how overwhelming it can be to step out of clinical training and into a career, and he has

How To Become Financially Independent (FI) Recently while listening to a podcast, I was reminded about something I’d heard of several years ago when I first started practicing, Parkinson’s Law. It was developed by English writer Cyril Northcote Parkinson and states that, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” For instance, if you’ve got a

We hear a lot these days about alternative investments. Wall Street firms regularly tout their expertise in these investments and try to convince us we need them in our portfolio. In the beginning, alternative investments were only available to what most would consider the wealthy. The SEC set the definition of the wealthy with their accredited investor definition. To be

These Are Your Best Choices for Online Brokers [Editor’s Note: Today’s article in a guest post from Kevin who runs the personal finance website Just Start Investing, where he focuses on making investing easy. Just Start Investing has been featured on Business Insider, Forbes, and US News & World Report, among other major publications for his easy-to-follow writing. Check out Just