Weathering Market Volatility
3 Steps to Getting a Higher Interest Rate

In late 2007, right before the banking meltdown that ushered in the Great Recession of 2008, we were easily earning north of 4% on money market accounts. As the recession unfolded, and with much help from the Federal Reserve, interest rates plummeted to near zero percent…actually zero percent in many cases. Some ten years later […]
Getting the Most Interest for Your Money
Need a Simple Money Management System? Consider the 50-30-20 Strategy

For most of us, money management was not taught in school…or at home. In fact, for most of us we learn about managing money through the school of hard knocks…trial and error. And boy, those errors can be difficult to overcome. There are many different money management strategies to choose from, some of which can […]