Episodes

Credit Card Rewards Are Serious Business Would you say no to an extra grand? That’s what I thought… These days credit card companies are offering all sorts of insane credit card rewards sign up bonuses for you, the customer. ...

What Does it Take to Be a Financial Grownup? In her new book, How to Be a Financial Grownup, on shelves right now, author Bobbi Rebell shares stories from over 30 experts, including me, who’ve offered advice for how to be fin...

Adoption Can Be Affordable The average cost of an adoption in the US is around $40,000. That’s a lot of money to come up with if you’re interested in adoption, but not to panic. With the help of loans, grants, and unique fund...

The Future of Banking Who says you have to do everything the same way as everyone else? Enter ChimpChange. At ChimpChange, they’re not only revolutionizing how you bank, but they are also firmly committed to your helping you ...

Fall Travel Deals & Steals Summer is finally over and fall is in the air in many areas of the country. Football is finally back and its now a great time to find some travel deals to check out the foliage around the U.S. Here are our favorite fall travel deals & steals.Minneapolis Let’s start […] Re…

Do Interest Rates Matter? In short, yes, interest rates do matter. Think about your car loan, or your home loan, or even your savings account. Interest rates have a direct impact on all of these types of loans and financial p...

How to Deal with the Emotions of Money Money is an emotional topic. It comes with stress, regrets, hard feelings, and can cause issues in relationships and more. You can learn a million different tips and techniques when it c...

Car Buying 101 Labor Day is one of the busiest times of year for car buying, but also one of the best times. Dealers are ready to deal, so brush up on your negotiation skills and get ready to race down the road in a new car. ...

Sometimes failing can be a good thing. It was for Jeff Laub, co-founder of Blind Barber, a cool new barbershop concept for men in NY and LA. Jeff didn’t start out with entrepreneurial intentions. He was dead set on a career i...

Pay Off Debt or Save Money? That’s the classic debate – the #1 question I’m always asked. While it’s always easy to figure the answer out when you’re helping a friend, it can be hard to figure it out for yourself. It seems li...

Credit score is tricky. There are thousands of articles out there talking about credit score, and yet it’s so challenging to figure out why your credit score is the number it is. With that said, there is one particular thing ...

Let’s be real. You don’t have to be wealthy with a huge trust fund to launch a successful business. All it takes is some smart planning, a great idea and a few hundred bucks to launch. Sure, there are always things you can s...

Where are the Summer Travel Deals? It’s summer – and there are still travel deals to be had. Domestic airfare is at an all time low, in-fact the lowest levels since 2010. Low fuel costs and low cost airlines like Spirit and F...

Should you invest in the stock market? There are a million different articles that all talk about the right and wrong time to get in the market, but one thing that always stays the same is the end result…yes, you should inves...

I always love the listener question episodes and thank you all so much for taking the time to submit your questions so everyone can learn. This week we’re tackling four questions on topics including: Saving money High Yield S...

You want to invest in stocks but have no idea where to start. You’re so not alone. Picking stocks can be a full-time job and certainly not for the squeamish. I always say that stock investing should be your LAST financial dec...

So You Want a Good Credit Score…Here’s How Yep, we pretty much all know that we need a good score, but it’s downright confusing trying to figure out how to get your score to skyrocket. In this podcast, I’m covering some of my...

Whether we want to admit or not, we are all trying to hit that millionaire mark. I don’t care if your idea of living a great life is holding up in a small cabin in the wilderness and living off the land, or you dream of somet...

If you’ve turned on the TV in the last few days, you can’t escape all the talk about Brexit. This was the vote where UK decided to stay in the European Union or leave. To everyone’s surprise, the vote came down with the decis...

Everyone is talking about Financial Wellness, in fact, it’s probably why you listen to this podcast (whether you know it or not). There’s a lot of people talking about financial wellness, but my friends at Fidelity Investment...

There’s no better time than the summer to check in on your finances and see where you’re at. The summer money checklist contains 10 tips to ignite your finances this summer and get you on the road to a knocking down all those...

Should You Have a Credit Card or Not? According to a Bankrate.com survey, 64% of millennials do not own a credit card. “Millennials are clearly falling short in terms of credit card usage compared to their elders,” said Mike ...

The stats don’t lie. Raising a kid could cost you somewhere north of $250,000 and that doesn’t count the costs for college (which just about double that number…yikes). Those numbers aren’t meant to scare you, but to prepare y...

A new survey released by insuranceQuotes finds that millennials are most likely to rent homes, but very few are covered by renters insurance. And while coverage is not expensive, not having it could cause a huge financial har...