Top 10 Good Financial Habits to Start Today

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401k Retirement Plans

The following is a guest post from Marc, a personal finance blogger at VitalDollar.com. If you’d like to submit a guest post to Money Q&A, check out our Guest Posting Guidelines. Managing your money is a lifelong process, and sometimes it’s difficult to feel like you’re making any headway. If you want to know what you can do today to put yourself in a better financial situation, how about developing some good habits? In this article, we’ll take a look at 10 good financial habits that you should develop, as well as specific things you can do today to start making progress. Top 10 Good Financial Habits and Action Steps 1. Live Within Your Means Regardless of how much money you … Read more

Ebates Review — Earn Cash Back on Your Online Shopping

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Who doesn’t love getting cash back? Whether it’s a mail-in rebate or credit card rewards bonus, we love getting cash back on our purchases because it helps reduce the cost of the item or service we buy. Ebates builds on the premise of cash back online shopping by giving consumers incredible access to cash back offers on hundreds of well-known websites like Amazon and Groupon, which can effectively double your cash back rewards when combined with a rewards credit card. If you want a free, easy and automatic way to earn more cash back on everything from clothing and school supplies to flights and accommodations, then here are some reasons why Ebates might be perfect to add to your shopping … Read more

Find the Best Prices on Amazon vs eBay with Unlooted Chrome Extension

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I’m always looking for the way to find the best prices on the stuff that I buy online. And, I buy A LOT online. In the past, I’ve used browser extensions and plugins like Honey, Swagbucks, Ebates, Coupon Cabin, and the like. And, now there’s a new extension that helps you to find the best price on Amazon versus eBay – Unlooted! What Is Unlooted? Unlooted helps you easily compare your shopping results from Amazon to see who is selling it for less on eBay. It’s a great tool to help you find the best deal. I’m all about finding the best deal. Check out the blog post I wrote years ago about taking advantage of price arbitrage and making … Read more

4 Financial Lessons We Can Learn from Professional Athletes

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Many of us aspired to become professional athletes when we were younger, then the reality sunk in that only a very elite few make it to the big leagues. The rest of us went off to college or trade school to pursue more “traditional” careers instead. There are a lot of financial lessons that we all can learn from today. As a fellow sports fan, you have probably dreamed of the wealth and fame that many professional athletes enjoy, but you might not have considered the fact that they’re prone to financial problems just as much as the rest of us! We might not be in the same league as these players when it comes to athletic ability and incomes, … Read more

Review of Earny – Automatic Price Protection for Your Online Purchases

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Consumer technologies are unbelievably advanced these days. We have smart home devices to control our lights and thermostats, remote home entry systems, VR headsets, voice-to-text audio features, AI assistants at your fingertips…it’s really overwhelming to think about how much technology can improve our lives with minimal effort on our part! Smartphone and tablet apps are also becoming extraordinarily useful, from low-cost therapy chats and first aid advice apps to automated money-saving apps, such as Earny. If you’ve ever purchased something online, only to realize a few weeks later that the price dropped significantly, then you understand the frustration of buying something at the wrong time. Fortunately, Earny’s algorithm is designed to eliminate this frustration altogether by getting your cash back … Read more

Blooom Review – A Robo Advisor to Manage Your 401k Plans Easier

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Using Blooom with My 401k

Note –This post may contain affiliate links or links from our sponsors. All opinions are my own. If your company provides a 401k plan for its employees, are you getting the best returns possible on your 401k? The upside to 401k retirement planning is that you have some level of flexibility when it comes to deciding who will manage your investments until you’re ready to retire. Unfortunately, many experienced investment advisors are too expensive for everyday folks who just want to maximize their savings so they can retire by 65 or earlier. For this reason, the founders of Blooom started their company to offer affordable 401k planning services to the 99% (according to their website). With Blooom, you don’t need … Read more