If you want to grow your net worth, saving as much of your income as possible is a good start—but it’ll only get you so far.
To truly maximize your income’s potential, you’re going to have to do more...
It kills some people to talk about death.
Some 60% of people say they know very little about death, and they’re almost as likely to get their information about the end of life from movies and TV dramas as...
Are you saving enough for retirement? For a lot of us, it’s hard to say—but we can look at how our savings compare to other people in our age group.
As Investopedia explains:
A June 2018...
It has often been observed that capital is the mother’s milk of business. The story of American prosperity is also the story of the world’s deepest and most liquid capital markets. Today we look in particular at the market for equity capital...
Very few people enjoy commuting. It’s time spent in a car, maybe in traffic, accomplishing nothing. In fact, commutes not only cost us time, but they also cost us money: The average commuter wastes 42 hours each year sitting in traffic, which...
Charlotte Stewart’s Personal Finance Class at Tug Valley High School has completed a 10-week simulation with H&R Block.
The H&R Budget Challenge is a personal finance simulation played in real time over a 10-week period. Students receive paychecks and...
You’ve heard of savings accounts and money market accounts. Which one should you choose?
Savings accounts are great for when you want to put away your money but still want relatively easy access. It’s not a checking account —...
Modern banks sit on treasure troves of data and can access even more from readily available public sources. Yet the question remains: What’s the most valuable way to use it? At U.S. Bank, this resource fuels what’s always been — and continues...
Let’s be brutally honest on this one. Budgets simply don’t work for most people.
Here are six reasons budgets don’t work in the real world.
Budgets suck. They’re not fun to live with. And so most...
SHELBY COUNTY, AL – A team from Oak Mountain High School is competing in the national championships this Friday in the Council for Economic Education’s 10th Annual National Personal Finance Challenge. The Oak Mountain state championship team will square off against 19...
