Teaching Children How to Invest in the Stock Market
I don’t have all the answers when it comes to teaching children how to invest in the stock market. Having 3 kids of my own, I often struggle trying to figure out how to spark their interest and make investing fun. There are so many concepts I want to teach them about personal finance. Investing […]
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How to Help Your Kids Get a Jump Start on Dual Enrollment
When it comes to solving personal finance challenges, I like to have options. For example, my wife and I have 3 children (all under the age of 18) and for now … we assume all will attend college someday. Our goal is for each of them to graduate with a 4 year degree, with little […]
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How We are Using 529 Plans to Help Pay for College
One of the responsibilities my wife and I take on as parents, is to make sure we prepare our 3 children (ages 14, 10, and 6 as I write this) for their future. We certainly want them to be independent and learn things on their own … but at the same time we need to […]
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The Opportunity Cost of Buying a House that is Just Too Big
This article was written for my 3 children to hopefully read someday when they are starting down their road to financial independence. It is also for anyone out there that may be thinking of buying their first home. I am of the opinion that there are plenty of benefits of owning your home … as […]
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Why I Don’t Invest in VTSAX … But My Kids Will
My wife and I have been building a portfolio of dividend stocks for almost 10 years now. In that time, we have built up positions in almost 40 different companies in both our taxable (Robinhood, Fidelity, etc.) and tax-deferred (IRA’s) accounts. Between all of our different accounts, we except to earn about $8,000 next year […]
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