A version of this article was originally written for and published on Kiplinger. Equity compensation can be an extremely useful tool when it comes to building wealth. And just like any other tool you may use, you can leverage your equity comp to build something great — in this case, significant wealth — or, you…
Beyond Finances Podcast #40: Understanding Insurance — What You Need, and What You Don’t
In the wake of the pandemic, many people have scrambled to take out insurance policies. But before you buy, make sure you understand the real purpose of a policy so you can choose the best option for your needs. Insurance is, as Kali puts it, something that can make you go “eurrrgh.” It’s a product…
5 Stock Market Basics You Ought to Know Before You Invest
The number-one thing to know about the stock market? It’s unpredictable. Think of it like a wild bull — and I don’t mean “wildly successful bull market” where everyone is always making money. I mean, literally a wild bull: a large, powerful entity that has zero interest in your personal concerns, feelings, happiness, or well-being….
Beyond Finances Podcast #39: We Bought a House (in a Pandemic). AMA.
Buying a house is an intensive (and stressful) process in the best of times. Throw in a crashing economy and global pandemic — and the fact we don’t do anything the “normal” way — and our recent experience got pretty interesting. Okay, to be fair, the pandemic didn’t dramatically change much about the process of…
Disability Insurance: Use This Process to Help Determine What You Need (and What You Don’t)
No one likes to think about what would happen in the event of an emergency, disaster, or loss — but the reality is that things don’t always go according to plan. The good news is we can prepare for this in practical terms by getting the proper insurance coverage, or knowing how to self-insure against…
Beyond Finances Podcast #38: 3 Unexpected Money Lessons… from Robert Frost?
It might sound crazy — but we can actually take a few financial lessons from one of the most famous pieces of American poetry. You’ve likely at least heard of Robert Frost’s famous poem, The Road Not Taken… and you might be just as likely to misinterpret it. In today’s episode, we take a look…
The Truth About Financial Advice Most Experts Won’t Tell You
If you go and seek out financial advice, you will find a lot of people ready to give you their opinion on the best thing to do with your money. And they might actually have great advice that is sound, reasonable, and wise. The problem, however, is that it may or may not apply to…
Beyond Finances Podcast #37: 5 Ways to Elevate and Optimize Your Finances
Let’s go beyond the basics to look at how you can optimize your savings, get strategic with debt, and level up how you invest to grow wealth. There’s no shortage of podcasts or blogs that cover simple pieces of advice and the same basic money moves to make: pay down debt, save up cash, invest…
Does Your Financial Plan Lack This Critical Piece?
It’s pretty easy to give basic financial advice or to create your financial plan outline from broad rules of thumb and generic suggestions that you can find online. Things get trickier, however, when you start getting more specific; when you start digging into details and wanting to know the answers to far more complex questions….
Beyond Finances Podcast #36: Following Warren Buffett’s Advice & Arguing for Optimism
It’s one thing to think the Oracle of Omaha’s advice is good. It’s another to follow it, and choose the path of market optimism. We’ve all heard Warren Buffett’s famous quote advising us to “be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy only when others are fearful.” But do you actually act on that? If…