While these tips are to be delivered to teens, my hope is to help parents understand how to convey them effectively

I’m going to divide this holiday into three parts: the prep, the event, and the aftermath, and offer some ideas for how to make each leg of your Thanksgiving journey a little more affordable.

Every person, business, and investor has a different path; the road you take to entrepreneurial success might be any of the options in this post or a combination of all five.

Life insurance belongs in your portfolio of coverages, and it doesn’t need to be as confusing as some people make it out to be.

If your credit is fair to excellent and you pay off the balance promptly to avoid interest charges, the following cards could have you living large without really changing how you live.

These six points are as much a to-do list as they are goals. When it comes to starting a business, that’s really what goals are. You just need to give yourself a little direction in the beginning and you’ll be on your way.

Loans come with different terms and structures, which plays a large part in the overall confusion and struggle of student borrowers. I’m listing three different tactics people use when trying to reduce their burden, and at least one of them should provide the right option for you.

When you can identify and admit your faults, self-improvement becomes a whole lot easier. Take an honest look at the following productivity killers and start thinking about steps you can take to combat them.

Since looking ahead can be fun and informative, let’s get a sneak peek at 10 businesses and business concepts that could be on the rise in 2020. Some are more exciting than others, but every one of them ought to be kept on your radar.

It takes a concerted effort to save and invest these days, but I have confidence that this generation - which now makes up more than 50% of the workforce - can conquer modern financial challenges. Here are a few ways to make it happen.

To be very clear, I’m a fan of value investing. I think it’s wise to target stocks that seem underappreciated. I also think “value investing” causes a lot of people to miss out on valuable investments. ‍

It’s hard to account for everything that needs to go into a budget. After you tick through the obvious items, you have to start thinking about all those items that walk the line between want and necessity.

It’s pretty easy for me to argue in favor of giving back to the community. I believe tithing is one of our most important responsibilities, using the means we earn to improve the world around us.

We get caught up thinking about the big money makers - stocks, real estate and business investing - and forget that having a healthy amount of interest-earning, liquid assets adds some needed diversity.

In the world of financial advising, we see far too many examples of professionals abusing their freedom. If the motivation is there, the mechanisms are in place to take advantage or people and their retirement accounts. ‍

Shopping for insurance is a big deal. If you feel like it’s a small deal, you need to make a bigger deal out of it. Why does it matter so much?