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Where’s Your Money Going? How to Track Your Expenses.
According to a 2024 Debt.com survey, nearly 94 percent of households noted that they have a budget. And yet, Americans are struggling with their expenses. With higher-than-average inflation, low wages, and high revolving consumer debt, it’s time to modify your behavior. Tracking and managing your expenses is the difference between barely making it and becoming wealthy. As you may know, the TNFG household reviews our expenses monthly or as often as needed. It’s a great opportunity to make cash flow changes instead of unexpected changes. Life happens. I repeat Negative Financial challenges will happen just as often as Positive ones. Know that they are coming and learn to adapt and…
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How to Rekindle Love and Wealth During an AI Bull Market
All is Fair in Love, Inflation, and Nvidia. Since we can't predict the future best thing to do now is to inflation-proof your net worth. Hopefully this is a start to an AI bull market.
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How to Kick-Off Your Wealth for the New Year
Coming off of a rough 2022 and a stellar 2023, we are going right into 2024. While the mental kick-off was slow, it's a relief to have at least one month of solid stock performance to set the tone. 2024 should be challenging but solid.
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Here’s The Simple Guide to Build Wealth Every Decade
Start by considering every decade of your life, as compounding seasons that lead to wealth. While stock market volatility, unemployment numbers, and CPI aren’t at the top of the societal conversation, they are important context clues on managing your money. If financial experts say that we are heading toward a downturn, it should be a mental note about your savings or lack thereof. When times are great, that’s where you should plan for when times aren’t. This doesn’t imply that you can’t enjoy the moment, however, it’s a reminder that all good things may not last forever. With the possibility of recession looming, instead of being anxious, consider your time…
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How $3.4 Million Became the Price of the American Dream
Based on Investopedia, the American Dream now costs over $3 million. Well, $3,455,305 but what’s an extra $450,000 between friends? See the dream isn’t dead, the reality is that it costs a lot of money over your lifetime. Against the backdrop of sustained high prices and lingering inflation, the average American is struggling to keep up with the social media Joneses. Gone are the days of discipline and measured spending, in are the days of conspicuous consumption, higher credit card debt balances, and toxic poverty porn. Surrounded by the conversation of debt crises and financial trauma, did Investopedia drop clickbait or are they unto something? We will go through each…
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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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Amazing Financial Advice if You Make Less than $75,000 per year
Great financial advice if you are stuck in the middle and making less than $75,000 per year. Challenges are mounting, Grow with them.
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Here are the 5 Expenses Destroying Your Budget More than the Latte
Turns out most American households are overspending by as much as $5,000. As inflation causes prices for nondiscretionary items like food, housing, and energy to rise, families need to reduce their expenses by any means. This will likely require a change in lifestyle too. My wife and I started eating out less. On top of that, we also started to eat less meat. Most don’t recognize that they are overspending, especially when a mild luxury outing is flanked by smaller ones. Debt by a thousand cuts. If you want to buck the trend of households living paycheck to debt or stress, take the road less traveled. Consider cutting these 5…
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A Better Way to Budget: Net Max Plan Live Review
We all hate the B word, but today Lawrence and Alainta discussed the foundational process of budget planning while reviewing his net max plan budget sheet (Yes, it's a tongue twister, LOL).
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How a Great Budgeting Plan Can Help You Live Off of $112,000 Per Year for the Rest of your life
Most people are budgeting ineffectively. Fortunately, this Budgeting Plan Can Help You live off of $112K Per Year for the rest of your life.
