Jim Wang

If you live in the mid-Atlantic or Northeast United States, you likely live in the geographic region of Santander Bank.…

When we gave birth to our littlest one, we did it during the midst of Covid-19 pandemic when many states…

Ando Money is a newbank that seeks to fight climate change by only investing in projects (with bank deposits) that fit that mission. They do all this while still offering perks you associate with online banks.

The cards are similar in many ways. They have the same welcome bonus, introductory offer, and neither have an annual fee. The main difference is in how they earn rewards. The Chase Freedom Flex has rotating categories that earn 5% but only earns 1% on standard purchases.

The Chase Sapphire Preferred card has a huge welcome bonus, 25% bump on Chase Ultimate Reward point spending on the portal, and a list of perks that offset it's modest annual fee. See why we just got one.

The Chase Sapphire Reserve is a great card, but that $550 annual fee can be tough to accept. Luckily, there are cards that offer similar benefits with lower annual fees. Here are the top eight.

Save aggressively, invest prudently, and - if you want to - retire early. You don't have to wait forty years to quit a job you hate. If you're financially independent, you control your time. It's all about financial flexibility and there are a lot of different ways to build financial flexibility into your life.

If you live in the Midwest where Associated Bank operates, you could get up to $500 to open an account.

Associated Bank is one of the few that will offer a good initial bonus just for the account and direct deposit but then follow that up with a higher bonus when you deposit more cash. And from a deposit to bonus ratio, it's one of the best offers out there.

Adding the Chase Sapphire Preferred or the Chase Sapphire Reserve to your wallet lets you earn and redeem some of the best credit card points for travel. Each card has unique strengths that benefit different travelers but either one can make it easier to save money with travel rewards.

The number of brokerages who will give you free shares of stock continues to grow. The latest company to offer…

I explain what happened, how we responded (step by step what we did to fix everything), and then I round it up with some lessons learned, what we'd do differently, and how we would prepare for this better in the future. I hope you can find some value in our headache!

Alternative investments come in all shapes and sizes. For some, alternative means anything that’s not the stock market. Real estate…