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What a 5% 10-Year Treasury Means for You How Money Works

What a 5% 10-Year Treasury Means for You

3 min read · Oct 31, 2026
How Can I Deal with Everyday Inflation and Rising Prices? How Money Works

How Can I Deal with Everyday Inflation and Rising Prices?

2 min read · Sep 1, 2026
One Jobs Report Does Not Make a Trend Markets & the Big Picture

One Jobs Report Does Not Make a Trend

3 min read · Aug 10, 2026
Why the Fed Is Holding Firm on Inflation Markets & the Big Picture

Why the Fed Is Holding Firm on Inflation

3 min read · Jul 30, 2026
When Will Inflation Subside?! How Money Works

When Will Inflation Subside?!

3 min read · Jun 1, 2026
How to Set Financial Goals Foundations of Wealth

How to Set Financial Goals

3 min read · May 1, 2026
Are We in an AI Bubble? Markets & the Big Picture

Are We in an AI Bubble?

3 min read · Apr 1, 2026
Thinking About Hiding Your Assets In An Asset Protection Trust? You May Want To Think Twice. Foundations of Wealth

Thinking About Hiding Your Assets In An Asset Protection Trust? You May Want To Think Twice.

3 min read · Mar 1, 2026
Is Gold a Terrible Investment?! How Money Works

Is Gold a Terrible Investment?!

3 min read · Feb 1, 2026
Financial Resolutions for 2026 Foundations of Wealth

Financial Resolutions for 2026

3 min read · Jan 1, 2026
Do I Need to Take Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)? How Money Works

Do I Need to Take Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)?

3 min read · Dec 1, 2025
Is Debt Consolidation a Good Idea? Foundations of Wealth

Is Debt Consolidation a Good Idea?

3 min read · Nov 1, 2025
How to Stand Out in a Tight Job Market How Money Works

How to Stand Out in a Tight Job Market

3 min read · Oct 1, 2025
Responsible Credit Card Use Foundations of Wealth

Responsible Credit Card Use

3 min read · Sep 1, 2025
What Happens When The Fed Gets It Wrong? How Money Works

What Happens When The Fed Gets It Wrong?

3 min read · Aug 1, 2025
Survive Rising Costs—Here’s How Foundations of Wealth

Survive Rising Costs—Here’s How

3 min read · Jul 1, 2025
The Bretton Woods System How Money Works

The Bretton Woods System

3 min read · Jun 1, 2025
Tariffs and Trade Wars How Money Works

Tariffs and Trade Wars

3 min read · May 1, 2025
Saving for Financial Independence Foundations of Wealth

Saving for Financial Independence

3 min read · Apr 1, 2025
How Much Should You Save Monthly? Foundations of Wealth

How Much Should You Save Monthly?

3 min read · Mar 1, 2025
How Do You Prioritize Spending? How Money Works

How Do You Prioritize Spending?

3 min read · Feb 1, 2025
Have I Maximized the Perks of Tax-Advantaged Accounts? Foundations of Wealth

Have I Maximized the Perks of Tax-Advantaged Accounts?

3 min read · Jan 1, 2025
6 Ways to Outpace Inflation How Money Works

6 Ways to Outpace Inflation

3 min read · Dec 1, 2024
Master The 2024 Housing Market: Essential Tips For Smart Home Buyers And Sellers Real Estate Decisions

Master The 2024 Housing Market: Essential Tips For Smart Home Buyers And Sellers

3 min read · Nov 1, 2024
The U.S. Capitol with the words: Unrealized capital gains taxes are dangerous Markets & the Big Picture

Why Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains Is a Dangerous Idea

6 min read · Oct 7, 2024
10 Strategies to Attend College Debt-Free Foundations of Wealth

10 Strategies to Attend College Debt-Free

3 min read · Oct 1, 2024
Four Reasons Not to Bet on Presidential Elections Markets & the Big Picture

Four Reasons Not to Bet on Presidential Elections

3 min read · Aug 1, 2024
7 Steps to Prepare for the Recession Markets & the Big Picture

7 Steps to Prepare for the Recession

3 min read · Jul 1, 2024
Do I Have Enough Life Insurance? Foundations of Wealth

Do I Have Enough Life Insurance?

3 min read · May 1, 2024
Rent vs. Buy Real Estate Decisions

Rent vs. Buy

3 min read · Apr 1, 2024
Are you on track for retirement? Retirement Insights

Are you on track for retirement?

3 min read · Mar 1, 2024
Is Your Emergency Fund Sufficient? Foundations of Wealth

Is Your Emergency Fund Sufficient?

3 min read · Feb 1, 2024
5 Steps to Financial Literacy in 2024! Foundations of Wealth

5 Steps to Financial Literacy in 2024!

3 min read · Jan 1, 2024
Christmas Savings Strategy Foundations of Wealth

Christmas Savings Strategy

2 min read · Dec 11, 2023
77% of Americans are Anxious About Their Finances Foundations of Wealth

77% of Americans are Anxious About Their Finances

3 min read · Nov 13, 2023
What is a good credit score? How Money Works

What is a good credit score?

3 min read · Oct 16, 2023
How Do Student Loans Work? How Money Works

How Do Student Loans Work?

3 min read · Sep 18, 2023
9 Steps To Becoming Debt Free Foundations of Wealth

9 Steps To Becoming Debt Free

3 min read · Aug 14, 2023
The Best IRA for Young Adults Retirement Insights

The Best IRA for Young Adults

3 min read · Jul 17, 2023
Financial Advisor vs. Financial Planner Understanding Investing

Financial Advisor vs. Financial Planner

3 min read · Jun 12, 2023
Can artificial intelligence (AI) replace human financial advisors? How Money Works

Can artificial intelligence (AI) replace human financial advisors?

3 min read · May 15, 2023
Can You Bear It? How Money Works

Can You Bear It?

3 min read · May 15, 2023
Market Waves How Money Works

Market Waves

3 min read · May 15, 2023
The Impending Commercial Real Estate Debt Explosion How Money Works

The Impending Commercial Real Estate Debt Explosion

3 min read · May 15, 2023
The Debt Ceiling, Explained Markets & the Big Picture

The Debt Ceiling, Explained

3 min read · Apr 24, 2023
Is My Money Safe at the Bank? How Money Works

Is My Money Safe at the Bank?

3 min read · Mar 20, 2023
Cash Is Earning Interest Again How Money Works

Cash Is Earning Interest Again

3 min read · Feb 21, 2023
Volatility Markets & the Big Picture

Volatility

3 min read · Jan 16, 2023
Focus on the Long Term Stocks & the Markets

Focus on the Long Term

3 min read · Dec 15, 2022
A Market By Any Other Name How Money Works

A Market By Any Other Name

3 min read · Nov 15, 2022
Market Perspective Markets & the Big Picture

Market Perspective

3 min read · Oct 17, 2022
Who’s in Charge of the Market? How Money Works

Who’s in Charge of the Market?

3 min read · Sep 15, 2022
Bear Market Terror! Stocks & the Markets

Bear Market Terror!

3 min read · Aug 15, 2022
One of the Most Important Factors When Picking Stock Investments How Money Works

One of the Most Important Factors When Picking Stock Investments

3 min read · Jul 10, 2022
Got an inheritance? Foundations of Wealth

Got an inheritance?

3 min read · Jun 15, 2022
Do You Need a Real Estate Agent? Real Estate Decisions

Do You Need a Real Estate Agent?

3 min read · May 16, 2022
Six Pointers When the Market is Flat How Money Works

Six Pointers When the Market is Flat

2 min read · Apr 11, 2022
Wartime Markets Foundations of Wealth

Wartime Markets

2 min read · Mar 7, 2022
Turbulent Market Investing Foundations of Wealth

Turbulent Market Investing

3 min read · Feb 21, 2022
Should you Buy, Sell, or Hold Real Estate? Foundations of Wealth

Should you Buy, Sell, or Hold Real Estate?

3 min read · Feb 14, 2022
How to Save and Invest Foundations of Wealth

How to Save and Invest

3 min read · Feb 7, 2022
Don’t Be a Wall Flower Investor Foundations of Wealth

Don’t Be a Wall Flower Investor

3 min read · Jan 17, 2022
Invest Above the Trees Foundations of Wealth

Invest Above the Trees

3 min read · Jan 10, 2022
Do You Need a Savings Account? Foundations of Wealth

Do You Need a Savings Account?

3 min read · Jan 3, 2022
What Is The Difference Between a Debit Card And a Credit Card? Foundations of Wealth

What Is The Difference Between a Debit Card And a Credit Card?

3 min read · Dec 27, 2021
Signs You’re Cutting It Too Close Foundations of Wealth

Signs You’re Cutting It Too Close

3 min read · Dec 20, 2021
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) How Money Works

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

3 min read · Dec 13, 2021
Smart Money for Christmas How Money Works

Smart Money for Christmas

3 min read · Dec 6, 2021
Is Crypto the Next Lotto? Foundations of Wealth

Is Crypto the Next Lotto?

3 min read · Nov 29, 2021
Stagflation is Coming!? Foundations of Wealth

Stagflation is Coming!?

3 min read · Nov 15, 2021
Breaking the Taboo—Talk to Your Kids About Money Foundations of Wealth

Breaking the Taboo—Talk to Your Kids About Money

3 min read · Nov 8, 2021
Impacts of Inflation Foundations of Wealth

Impacts of Inflation

3 min read · Nov 1, 2021
Investing Holistically How Money Works

Investing Holistically

3 min read · Oct 25, 2021
Is Buying Low and Selling High Wrong? Foundations of Wealth

Is Buying Low and Selling High Wrong?

3 min read · Oct 18, 2021
Where is the Market Heading? How Money Works

Where is the Market Heading?

3 min read · Oct 11, 2021
Insure Your Life! Foundations of Wealth

Insure Your Life!

3 min read · Oct 4, 2021
Get a Will!!! Foundations of Wealth

Get a Will!!!

3 min read · Sep 27, 2021
Quantitative Easing Markets & the Big Picture

Quantitative Easing

3 min read · Sep 20, 2021
Reading—the key to wisdom! Understanding Investing

Reading—the key to wisdom!

3 min read · Sep 13, 2021
Losing Federal Unemployment Foundations of Wealth

Losing Federal Unemployment

3 min read · Aug 30, 2021
My Money Isn’t Earning Anything! Foundations of Wealth

My Money Isn’t Earning Anything!

3 min read · Aug 16, 2021
The Need for Life Insurance How Money Works

The Need for Life Insurance

3 min read · Aug 9, 2021
Retirement Taxes! Retirement Insights

Retirement Taxes!

3 min read · Aug 2, 2021
Preparing for the Next Downturn Stocks & the Markets

Preparing for the Next Downturn

3 min read · Jul 23, 2021
New Homebuyer Beware!! Foundations of Wealth

New Homebuyer Beware!!

3 min read · Jul 19, 2021
Start Retirement Now! How Money Works

Start Retirement Now!

3 min read · Jul 14, 2021
Crypto, Crypto, Crypto! How Money Works

Crypto, Crypto, Crypto!

3 min read · Jun 14, 2021
Don’t Get Scammed!!! How Money Works

Don’t Get Scammed!!!

3 min read · Jun 8, 2021
Attaining Retirement!!! Foundations of Wealth

Attaining Retirement!!!

3 min read · Jun 7, 2021
529s—The Smart Way to Save For College! Foundations of Wealth

529s—The Smart Way to Save For College!

3 min read · May 26, 2021
The Danger of Leverage Understanding Investing

The Danger of Leverage

3 min read · Apr 12, 2021
3 Rules for New Investors Foundations of Wealth

3 Rules for New Investors

3 min read · Mar 22, 2021
The Minimum Wage Trap How Money Works

The Minimum Wage Trap

3 min read · Mar 2, 2021
Bitcoin Is a Penny Stock Understanding Investing

Bitcoin Is a Penny Stock

3 min read · Jan 1, 2021
Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme? Retirement Insights

Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?

4 min read · Dec 30, 2020
How to Avoid Unnecessary Market Risk Foundations of Wealth

How to Avoid Unnecessary Market Risk

2 min read · Dec 22, 2020
Retiring Early Probably Sucks Foundations of Wealth

Retiring Early Probably Sucks

4 min read · Dec 14, 2020
How to Create A Truly Modern Portfolio Foundations of Wealth

How to Create A Truly Modern Portfolio

2 min read · Dec 7, 2020
How to Achieve Financial Freedom in 2021 Foundations of Wealth

How to Achieve Financial Freedom in 2021

10 min read · Dec 1, 2020
Your Car is Making You Poor! Foundations of Wealth

Your Car is Making You Poor!

3 min read · Nov 30, 2020
Shoring Up Your Finances During Uncertain Times Foundations of Wealth

Shoring Up Your Finances During Uncertain Times

3 min read · Nov 23, 2020
3 Ways to Avoid Losing Money in the Stock Market How Money Works

3 Ways to Avoid Losing Money in the Stock Market

3 min read · Nov 17, 2020
4 Investing Tips to Follow During Presidential Elections How Money Works

4 Investing Tips to Follow During Presidential Elections

2 min read · Nov 5, 2020
Fed Policy Impedes Our Freedom Markets & the Big Picture

Fed Policy Impedes Our Freedom

4 min read · Oct 13, 2020
A Lower-Class Recession? Markets & the Big Picture

A Lower-Class Recession?

3 min read · Sep 15, 2020
The Rise of Robinhood Markets & the Big Picture

The Rise of Robinhood

10 min read · Sep 1, 2020
Scott’s Take on the Market How Money Works

Scott’s Take on the Market

4 min read · Aug 24, 2020
The July 15 Tax Deadline Is Almost Here How Money Works

The July 15 Tax Deadline Is Almost Here

3 min read · Jul 6, 2020
How to Invest During a Pandemic How Money Works

How to Invest During a Pandemic

4 min read · Jun 24, 2020
What to Do If You Lose Your Job Foundations of Wealth

What to Do If You Lose Your Job

3 min read · May 18, 2020
Has the Market Gone Haywire? How Money Works

Has the Market Gone Haywire?

3 min read · Apr 27, 2020
Negative News Continues Well After Market Recovery How Money Works

Negative News Continues Well After Market Recovery

3 min read · Apr 20, 2020
Navigating the Coronavirus Market Markets & the Big Picture

Navigating the Coronavirus Market

3 min read · Mar 30, 2020
Coronavirus Report Markets & the Big Picture

Coronavirus Report

4 min read · Feb 28, 2020
Turning Resolutions into Financial Goals Foundations of Wealth

Turning Resolutions into Financial Goals

3 min read · Jan 20, 2020
What the SECURE Act Means for Your Retirement Retirement Insights

What the SECURE Act Means for Your Retirement

3 min read · Dec 23, 2019
Free Trading Is Not Free Stocks & the Markets

Free Trading Is Not Free

3 min read · Oct 14, 2019
The Power of Dollar-Cost Averaging Foundations of Wealth

The Power of Dollar-Cost Averaging

3 min read · Sep 23, 2019
What Is an Inverted Yield Curve? Markets & the Big Picture

What Is an Inverted Yield Curve?

3 min read · Aug 19, 2019
What a Fed Rate Cut Could Mean for You How Money Works

What a Fed Rate Cut Could Mean for You

3 min read · Jun 24, 2019
When Headlines Shake the Market Markets & the Big Picture

When Headlines Shake the Market

3 min read · May 20, 2019
IPO Fever: What to Know Before You Buy Stocks & the Markets

IPO Fever: What to Know Before You Buy

3 min read · Apr 15, 2019
Why Is My Tax Refund Smaller? How Money Works

Why Is My Tax Refund Smaller?

3 min read · Feb 19, 2019
Lessons from the Government Shutdown Foundations of Wealth

Lessons from the Government Shutdown

3 min read · Jan 21, 2019
Staying the Course in a Rough December Markets & the Big Picture

Staying the Course in a Rough December

3 min read · Dec 27, 2018
Making Sense of Market Volatility Stocks & the Markets

Making Sense of Market Volatility

3 min read · Oct 29, 2018
The Longest Bull Market on Record Stocks & the Markets

The Longest Bull Market on Record

3 min read · Aug 27, 2018
Trade Wars and Your Portfolio Markets & the Big Picture

Trade Wars and Your Portfolio

3 min read · Jul 16, 2018
What Rising Interest Rates Mean for You How Money Works

What Rising Interest Rates Mean for You

3 min read · Jun 18, 2018