Budgeting & Financial Wellness

Financial wellness encourages various behaviors such as creating a budget and proposes habits which will increase your net worth.

What Is FIRE? What’s the Best Way to Achieve FIRE (Video)?

The FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement was created by millennials who desired financial security from a young age and were willing to make financial sacrifices (such as forgoing expensive cars and extravagant vacations) from a young age. In the video below, I explore the concept of FIRE and discuss whether it is better to become financially independent by getting as high as an income as possible (e.g. by working overtime) or by cutting expenses to save more for retirement.

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Variable Rate Loans & Mortgages Are Underused & Underappreciated

Variable rate loans, which have increasing or decreasing payments depending on prevailing interest rates, scare people.  The metaphorical boogieman of potentially higher payments some day in the future drives most to flock to the perceived peace of mind of fixed rate loans.  What we’ll explore in this article is the monetary cost of that certainty,

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