How many investment accounts do you have? If you are anything like me … then I’m sure you’ve opened and tested out all kinds of different accounts.For over the past decade I have opened numerous investment accounts for one reason or another. Most of these were traditional brokerage accounts … or non-retirement accounts as some […]
Continue ReadingFor the past 5 years, we have been tracking our net worth and periodically posting the results here on The Money Sprout. In that time, we have grown our net worth by over $300,000! A ton of that growth is a result of the stock market and the huge gains everyone has seen with their […]
Continue ReadingI recently had an issue with my credit score dropping by a lot … almost overnight. In less than 2 months time, two of my credit scores both dropped by 40 points!Before I get too worried about this huge drop … I wanted to point out a few things. First, at this time in my life […]
Continue ReadingIf you have children and are anything like my wife and I, then you’ve probably had some sleepless nights thinking about how to pay for college. And the more kids that you have … the more I’m sure the cost of college is on your mind. I know that I think about the rising costs […]
Continue ReadingFor the past 3 years, I have made it a tradition to publish a post detailing our annual housing expenses. I have found that these summary posts have several benefits. For example, I like to know how much our family is actually spending each year to live in our home. I have a general idea […]
Continue Reading