In honor of the fact that its pretty much 2020 already, here is a classic Saturday Night Live skit with some timeless advice - don't buy stuff you cannot afford. A unique program for managing your debt. SNL skit featuring Steve Martin, Amy Poehler and Chris Parnell. So simple you can do it too! SNL- Don't Buy Stuff from Certell on Vimeo. Sometimes the hardest topics … [Read more...] about SNL: Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford
How Art Stocks Can Help With Taxes
Art stocks are gaining popularity as a viable asset class as investors look for new ways of increasing their profit margins on investments. It is being embraced by households as a component of their personal identity. Art is perhaps, one of the only ways in which emotions and investment intersect for profit. … [Read more...] about How Art Stocks Can Help With Taxes
Dean Vagnozzi: What is a Good Return on Your Financial Investment?
As a financial planner, I have hosted hundreds of financial seminars. At all of them, I stand next to a blank whiteboard with a marker and ask my audience to name the characteristics of their most ideal investment scenario. Rather than expecting them to shout out the specific names of investment account types, I ask for them to provide me with the characteristics that describe … [Read more...] about Dean Vagnozzi: What is a Good Return on Your Financial Investment?
Learn Where Your Money Goes
How to Track Your Spending Did the money gremlins sneak into your bank account and drain it again? Surely, the problem cannot be that you spent too much! There must be some other reason…. … [Read more...] about Learn Where Your Money Goes
9 Alternatives To Payday Loans
Ways to Avoid Paying Extremely High Interest You have an important bill to pay and not enough money to pay for it. A payday loan might be the solution to your problem – if you don't mind paying very high interest rates. It's not uncommon for payday loans to have APRs above 100%. … [Read more...] about 9 Alternatives To Payday Loans
Will Trump Make It Harder to Discharge Student Loan Debt?
Bankruptcy Rules Might Go Up for Review According to the G.19 Consumer Credit Report recently released by the Federal Reserve, America's total student loan debt has topped $1.5 billion – and we are having trouble paying off that debt. At of the end of 2017, a whopping 11 percent of student loans were either ninety days delinquent or in default. … [Read more...] about Will Trump Make It Harder to Discharge Student Loan Debt?
Home Prices Outpace Pay Increases
Affordable housing is increasingly hard to find in today's market. According to data from Trulia, America's inventory of starter homes has decreased by almost half compared to six years ago while prices rose by almost 58 percent. … [Read more...] about Home Prices Outpace Pay Increases
Best Buys for Father’s Day Gifts
Father's Day is coming up on June 17. What can you get dad to celebrate his special day without loading up the credit cards? … [Read more...] about Best Buys for Father’s Day Gifts
How Much Will There Be in 2018 Father’s Day Spending?
Father's Day will be here soon. Have you picked up anything for Dad yet? … [Read more...] about How Much Will There Be in 2018 Father’s Day Spending?
4 Out of 5 with Student Loans Can’t Buy a Home
New Survey Shows the Impact of Student Debt on Homeownership Financial aid in college can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. It can lead to an advanced degree that leads to a better job with higher pay and superior benefits. It can also be a hindrance: it's the reason why millennials with student loans can't buy a home. … [Read more...] about 4 Out of 5 with Student Loans Can’t Buy a Home
