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What Is Financial Self-Care All About
With all the buzz about self-care these days, you’ll want to make sure you’re practicing financial self-care, too. Here’s how to keep your financial self-care in check.
4 Best Ways to Get Free Stuff
Yes, you can get totally get free stuff. Here are four effective ways to do so.
How to Manage Debt as a Couple
Love and money can be a tricky matter. After you and your partner have disclosed your respective debt load, here’s how you can tackle that debt load together.
The Right Time to Start Retirement Planning is Now
It seems far away, but your retirement years will be here before you know it. If you’re asking yourself about the right time to start planning, the answer is, “Right now.”
7 Insurance Policies for Married Couples
Between the wedding ceremony, the honeymoon, and all the legal paperwork involved, married couples likely forget about their new insurance needs. Charlie can help.
Penguin Pick of the Month: Surprising Money Facts
You spend lots of time managing your money, but have you ever thought about the history behind the paper and coins? We’ve got the scoop!
Your Mid-Year Financial Checkup in 8 Steps
The year is flying by! To make sure you finish it with a fat bank account, Charlie’s going to walk you through a mid-year financial checkup.
Can’t Afford to Move? Here’s How to Cope
Sometimes moving to a cheaper apartment can have greater costs – financially and otherwise – than staying in your current spot. Here are some tips to help manage money when it’s too expensive to move.
5 Money Issues That Can Destroy Relationships
Cupid may have shot his arrow, but if the two of you fight about money all of the time, your relationship is on thin ice.
Millennials: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Marketing
Millennials have greater financial means than ever and marketers want a piece of it. Charlie can help you cut through the ad noise and make good decisions.
Wellness & Money
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What Is Financial Self-Care All About
With all the buzz about self-care these days, you’ll want to make sure you’re practicing financial self-care, too. Here’s how to keep your financial self-care in check.
4 Best Ways to Get Free Stuff
Yes, you can get totally get free stuff. Here are four effective ways to do so.
How to Manage Debt as a Couple
Love and money can be a tricky matter. After you and your partner have disclosed your respective debt load, here’s how you can tackle that debt load together.
The Right Time to Start Retirement Planning is Now
It seems far away, but your retirement years will be here before you know it. If you’re asking yourself about the right time to start planning, the answer is, “Right now.”
7 Insurance Policies for Married Couples
Between the wedding ceremony, the honeymoon, and all the legal paperwork involved, married couples likely forget about their new insurance needs. Charlie can help.
Penguin Pick of the Month: Surprising Money Facts
You spend lots of time managing your money, but have you ever thought about the history behind the paper and coins? We’ve got the scoop!
Your Mid-Year Financial Checkup in 8 Steps
The year is flying by! To make sure you finish it with a fat bank account, Charlie’s going to walk you through a mid-year financial checkup.
Can’t Afford to Move? Here’s How to Cope
Sometimes moving to a cheaper apartment can have greater costs – financially and otherwise – than staying in your current spot. Here are some tips to help manage money when it’s too expensive to move.
5 Money Issues That Can Destroy Relationships
Cupid may have shot his arrow, but if the two of you fight about money all of the time, your relationship is on thin ice.
Millennials: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Marketing
Millennials have greater financial means than ever and marketers want a piece of it. Charlie can help you cut through the ad noise and make good decisions.
TV Millennials vs. Real-Life Millennials: Money Habits
Do your favorite shows, like Dear White People and The Bold Type, convey what it’s really like to be a real-life millennial? Here are a few key differences.
How to Have Fun (Not) Traveling this Summer
Summer travel is expensive. Here’s how you can make the most of summer fun in your current stomping grounds and save travel for the shoulder season.
What to Do When Summer FOMO Kicks In
No one is immune to the Fear of Missing Out aka FOMO. Especially during the summer! Here are some fun and affordable ways to deal as the heat kicks in.
The Truth Behind Why Women Save Less for Retirement than Men
Why are women are saving less for retirement than men? Here are a few of the major reasons women are behind in retirement savings and how to fight back.
Combating the Extra Costs of Being a Woman
From wage inequality, to the “pink tax” and less retirement savings, women face financial challenges and costs. Here’s how to combat these money challenges.
5 Numbers More Important Than Your Income
Obsessed with your income? There’s more too understanding your financial health, like net worth, cost of living, compensation, and more.
4 Money Lessons From Game of Thrones
Calling all Game of Thrones fans! While you’re binging, here are some money lessons to reflect on. Remember: Lannisters always repay their debts!
60 Percent of Women Won’t Marry a Debtor
Marriage for love or money? Recent survey found that 58% of single millennial women would be hesitant to marry their partner with a large amount of debt.
5 Lessons from Lola: A Money Retreat for Strong Women
Money plus women plus fun equals magic. Here are a handful of lessons learned from attending the Lola Retreat, a money event for badass ladies.
The Cost of Love: Differences in Dating Expenses Between Men and Women
The cost of courtship can cost a pretty penny. Let’s take a look at spending between men and women, and how to discuss money in a relationship.