Monday Money Minute You one minute money fundamental. Monday, May 13th, 2024…..well, it’s Tuesday this time. I know it’s been a while since we sent out a Monday Money Minute, but we are getting back into sending these out weekly. Please forward this to anyone you think would enjoy it. High Interest Rates on Your Savings = Double-Edged Sword We all love earning 4% and sometimes even 5% or more on our cash. however, this comes at a price. People are getting high interest rates on their cash savings, but they are still losing money to inflation. There are three things to keep in mind: 1) The ..read more

Wall Street Journal: Student-Loan Restart Threatens to Pull $100 Billion Out of Consumers’ Pockets Households are cutting back, worrying largest U.S. retailers NY Times: U.S. National Debt Tops $33 Trillion for First Time Blackstone and Airbnb to enter S&P 500 following rebalance ..read more

Happy Friday all, Over the past week, I read Walking To Destiny by Christopher Snider, CEPA. Here are three takeaways I think everyone who owns a business or is a partner in one needs to think about more often. 1️⃣ No matter what stage of business you are in, you need to start thinking about what life beyond the business looks like. People find meaning in their work, and thus, it becomes a part of their identity. When someone exits (sell, retire, etc) many people find it difficult to find meaning in their lives and end up regretting the sale. 2️⃣ Be realistic about what you are selling and ..read more

The No. 1 best state to retire in the U.S.—it’s not Florida The Booming Business of American Anxiety- A flurry of companies and entrepreneurs aim to fill the demand for mental health help American workers are demanding almost $80,000 a year to take a new job How to stop looking at your phone What You Gain When You Give Things Up- Voluntarily sacrificing pleasurable things resets your senses and makes you master of yourself ..read more

Mortgage Rates, Student Loans, and The Debt Ceiling Mortgage Rates & Housing: It’s no secret that interest rates have risen recently. But how much? Answer: A lot, but not a lot compared to history. In recent times, it seems like rates have gone very up, very quickly. But compared to 1990, we are actually below those rates. Mortgages are priced based off of the “risk-free” rate set by the yield on government bonds. Our recent sharp increase in interest rates is mainly due to the one of the sharpest rise in central bank interest rate hikes in history. Mortgage Rates from today to 10 years a ..read more

Travel is wonderful, when done well. Five things that will help you feel secure when you travel. Welcome to Summer. Where Wednesdays start feeling like Fridays and the inside of your car begins to rival the temperature of a sauna. Here are five things to do before you hit the road or board your flight to your long anticipated escape. ID check: Make sure your documents will be good-to-go for the entirety of your trip. I know this seems like an obvious step, but expiration dates can sneak up on us all and even the most focused of us can push off these kind of deadlines because we have higher ..read more

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In the United States, tomorrow is the deadline to pay up on the amount of taxes you owe from your 2022 earnings. It’s also the deadline to file your return unless you were able to get an extension. Remember: The US taxes its citizens on their global income and wealth accretion (this includes loans forgiven, income earned in foreign countries, realized gains on investments, etc). Tomorrow is your deadline to PAY, not to file, if you were granted an extension. If you don’t know how much to pay because you are still trying to figure it out, you will pay, generally, 110% of last years’ (2021 ..read more

This is a question we get all. of. the. time. If you find yourself with this question, you are by no means alone. You Can Take Control Just because you’ve been an overspender before, doesn’t mean you are stuck with it for good. Here is how to change. The first item is to (manually) write down what you think you spend. Go back a month and find out what you actually spent. Write that number next to your predicted number. This is the most important part….don’t let yourself “off the hook”, be honest with yourself. If you over-spent on eating out, don’t say “well, it was stressful and I work ..read more

Hi everyone, welcome to your Monday Money Minute. Your one minute money fundamental. When should I pay BEFORE the bill due date? Answer: When there is a daily or continuously compounding interest rate. Why: If interest compounds daily, you get poorer everyday. By paying the bill ASAP, it removes those dollars from the compounding base, and thus, reduces the amount of interest accrued daily. This is different from your utility bill, which does not get larger with each day you wait to pay (sands a late fee if you pay after the due date)….just pay those ON the due date if there is no pay early d ..read more