Category: Investing
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Secondhand Satisfaction
Advertisements With everything going on in the world today, it’s been hard to get something written for the blog. If the tragedy in Ukraine has taught me anything, it’s that I should count my blessings. This past weekend, I bought Baby Moneyaire a new toy that has sparked a lot of joy both for her…
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What Can I Do to Help the Ukrainian People?
Advertisements In what seems like a megalomaniac’s desire to take back lands and live out a Hitler-esque dream of bringing back the USSR, a lot of people in Ukraine are going to die, be displaced, lose everything or be injured. Watching the news and the stock market here in the US I feel a bit…
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Don’t Panic Sell! Panic Buy!
Advertisements Anyone else getting a little motion sickness from the dive the stock market has taken since the start of the year, and especially this past week? I have had a few friends reach out and ask me what I’ve been doing this past week regarding my portfolio. The answer, I think some of them…
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A Satisfying Way to Save Money
Advertisements Happy New Year! I have seen and heard so many New Year resolutions around money! People want to save, invest, make, and sell more. It’s all very exciting and I hope everyone hits their goals. I have a little trick that’ll help you in the save and invest department. In this post I am…
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Budgeting; Tracking Your Money
Advertisements Mr. Moneyaire here, again—hey! As Mrs. Moneyaire has mentioned on other posts, budgeting is a pretty big deal in the Moneyaire household. We meet semi-regularly to review budget status, have a specific review meeting in January to review that year’s budget, and have lots of informal conversations about budgeting throughout the year. Tracking where…
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A Budget Process in 3 Steps
Advertisements If budgeting was a natural and pleasant thing to do, everyone would be doing it. It took us some time to get it right. We have combined our natural affinities to create a 3-part budget process that we’ve fine tuned over 15 years together. I am probably above average regarding how many budgeting “how…
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Credit Score Hacks
Advertisements Credit scores are critically important. Having “Very Good”, or better yet, “Exceptional” credit can propel your financial independence journey. A “Good” or lower score can create a significant amount of drag. Scores determine the interest rates you get on on things like credit cards, mortgages, car loans, loans in general or if you’ll even…
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Why I’m Buying Disney Stock Today
Advertisements Today I’m writing about why I am investing in Disney stock today. This seems hypocritical, given my post on investing rules, right? Hear me out. You should still invest most of your money into cheap index funds or ETFs. However, when a good deal presents itself and you have some investing “fun money” it’s…
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Moneyaire Investing Rules
Advertisements The Moneyaires have been investing their money for over two decades and these are some investing rules I follow. I started investing small amounts of money in a discount brokerage account in college. I have made a lot of mistakes and I have learned A LOT. I’ve lost money and luckily, I have, over…
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Black Friday Moneyaire Style
Advertisements As soon as we give thanks for all that we’ve been blessed with many of us run out immediately and spend a ton of money on a bunch of other things we didn’t need just a few hours ago in a Black Friday frenzy. Black Friday has bled into Thanksgiving and it’s time to…