Today we continue what we started in episode 15, this time focusing on different types of financial accounts. These include saving accounts, brokerage accounts, and retirement accounts.

Today we have finally reached the very important topics of Saving and Investing!! This represents a new “unit” since the last several episodes have all focused on debt. In this unit, we will talk about putting money aside for emergencies and short-term goals (saving) and purchasing appreciating/cash producing assets to meet long-term goals (investing). 

Today we continue our mini series on debt by tackling the question whether or not you should rent or buy a home and discuss the financial and non-financial implications and decision drivers between these two options.

Today we continue our mini series on debt by tackling the question whether or not you should lease or buy a car and discuss how debt can be leveraged to finance large purchases.

Today we follow up on our introduction to debt episode by focusing on one of the biggest contributors to debt in America today, credit cards. In this episode we go over what they are, how they work, and some things you can do to avoid falling into the easy trap of credit card debt.

This episode serves as a little recap and review of the first ten episodes and goes over the various topics we covered. We talk about career and salary selection, financial aid, budgeting/setting financial goals, expense management, banking, and debt.

This episode is the first in a three part miniseries talking about debt. In this part, we will cover what debt is, types of debt at a high level, why people have debt, and things that we all should consider before we decide to enter into a debt situation.

This episode we expand on what we talked about last week regarding banks and explore some recent real life events that have happened in the news pertaining to them.

In this episode we are going to talk about bank accounts!  It’s time to talk about choosing a place to hold your money and also discuss best type of account to support the monthly inflows and outflows of your income.

In this episode, Jessica and Laurel take a deep dive into life’s expenses and how we manage them – they also discuss ways to save money including many things you can do to save $100!