TNFG Favs
My favorite topics on the Neighborhood Finance Guy (TNFG Favs) website are:
- Budgeting and saving: I like the blog's posts on budgeting and saving because they are practical and easy to understand. The blog provides readers with tips on how to create a budget, track their spending, and save money for their financial goals.
- Investing: I also like the blog's posts on investing because they are informative and well-written. The blog provides readers with information on how to choose investments, manage their risk, and grow their wealth.
- Retirement planning: I find the blog's posts on retirement planning to be helpful and informative. The blog provides readers with information on how to save for retirement, choose the right retirement plan, and maximize their retirement income.
- Debt management: I like the blog's posts on debt management because they are realistic and helpful. The blog provides readers with tips on how to get out of debt, improve their credit scores, and build their financial futures.
- Personal finance: I find the blog's posts on personal finance to be comprehensive and informative. The blog covers a wide range of financial topics, such as taxes, insurance, and estate planning.
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More Fables, Myths, and Financial Lessons from Short Stories
When discussing Financial literacy, it’s important to remember that we learned a lot of lessons from short fables, stories, and folklore. By the way, I didn’t write these stories. Just resharing them here to help jog memories with aha! moments. These stories were once pivotal as warnings or cautionary tales. When I was growing up Aesop Fables and Grimm Fairytales were amazingly dark. There were rarely happy endings with a heavy emphasis on life not being fair. Yet, they offered financial nuggets that stand the test of time. The Most Dangerous Financial Lessons Trusting Your Instincts A scorpion asks a frog to carry him over a river. The frog is…
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Ten Wealth Soft Skills that Require ZERO Talent but Boost Your Income
Success isn’t solely determined by innate abilities or degree; a greater part is shaped by your own Soft Skills. According to MBO Partners, “Soft skills are an essential part of improving one’s ability to work with others and can have a positive influence on furthering your career. If you are a small business owner or self-employed, soft skills can help you find, attract, and retain clients.” Why are soft skills important in your day-to-day life? Polished presentation skills, networking abilities, and social awareness can help you win make friends and win clients. The overall goal is to improve connections with others. Honing the ability to resolve conflicts, solve problems under stress,…
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Tracking Expenses from Year to Year. Where’s Our Money?
Tracking expenses is a difference better barely making it and becoming wealthy. It's easier once you move beyond the barely making it.
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How We Made $5k+ in Passive Income for Q2 2023
The second quarter of 2023 was hopeful. High prices raged on and it's likely that the passive income economy dragged down. With price inflation up, some goals might not materialize this year but we will likely still land in the positive. +$5k in gross passive income is still income.
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How Short Stories Can Instruct Us on How to Interact in Modern Society
By the way, I didn’t write these stories. Just resharing them here. These are financial lessons wrapped in life lessons. They stand the test of time. The Donkey and the Tiger The donkey told the tiger, “The grass is blue.” The tiger replied, “No, the grass is green.” The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion. As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn’t it true that the grass is blue?” The lion replied: “If you believe it is true, the grass is blue.” The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger…
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Watching Our Wealth Grow Over $1,000,000 in 2023
Coming off of 2020-2021 with $200k net worth increases year over year, the market slowed drastically for 2022 and 2023. We're Tracking Still Growth over Losses.
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Here’s How to Invest Your First $10,000 through 2050
You really need to invest. No matter if it's a simple ETF or a mix of holdings. Investing is now mandatory for long-term wealth survival. Hedge inflation.
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Here’s How to Bring in $5k Passive Income in Q1 2023
Reviewing The Neighborhood Finance Guy's (TNFG) not so passive income and what generated $5,000 to kick off 2023. Extra Money is Good Money! With the market slowing through 2024, get creative and earn more.
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Wealth and Social Mobility – Your Broke Friends Are Costing You!
TFG is back! And even Shadier than ever?! The crew discusses the impacts of social mobility referencing the research study from The Opportunity Atlas; due to economic connectedness. Economic Connectedness (EC) is based on the extent of friendship across class lines. Social capital is just as important as capital, the crew takes a deep dive into life trajectories and what happens when one interacts outside of their communities to develop a better sense of self. Turns out, keeping poor company can make you or keep you poor in the long run.
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Why Modern Black Culture Became So Toxic & Expensive
In this episode of the Financial Griot Podcast, the hosts share their thoughts on modern Black culture, building wealth and changing priorities and narratives. Currently median Black household wealth seats at $24k. Another recession would bring that number to $12k. According to The Road to Zero Wealth report, the median wealth of black Americans will fall to zero by 2053 if current trends continue. With spending up and credit card usage bolstering lifestyle creeps on social media, is Modern Black cultural zeitgeist detrimental to long term wealth building and wealth preservation. Do we really want to have generational wealth?
