The Investing Starter Kit Blog

I love the start of a new year, to set intentions for myself. What are some intentions you have for yourself with investing? Here are...

Hey there! Doing your research is the most important thing in investing: learning the basics enough to become confident in making...

Building an emergency fund of at least $500 and ideally 3-6 months of expenses, is a key first step on the path to building...

A bond is a type of investment that is considered more secure and less volatile than stocks. It is basically an IOU from a company or a...

Interest, when talking about investing, is a fee that is paid for borrowing money. I’ll never forget, when I was ten or so, my father...

On the Eve of a day where we give thanks in the US, let’s talk about Appreciation, as it relates to investing. When an investment...

I just realized that I posted here about Stock Market Investing, but I didn't go into much detail about this question-- what are stocks,...

When a company is doing well financially, sometimes they will pay our some of their earnings to their shareholders in what is called a...

Investing, done properly, is a long-term game, and the earlier we start, the better it can go for us. But it can be overwhelming to think...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, often called ”the Dow“ for short, is another way that the financial industry measures the US stock...

A concern some have about investing is related to ethics, because of the perception of capitalism as a destructive force for humanity....

Here’s a short IG video with some excellent ideas for people considering investing. The two ideas that spoke to me the most: Start...

We learn how to read in school, but when do we learn how to read and understand a bank statement or a credit card offer? Financial...

Did you know that Haiti was forced to pay the modern day equivalent of billions of dollars to France, to 'reimburse' the French for...

Save More Tomorrow is a behavioral intervention pioneered by Richard Thaler and Schlomo Benartzi that is designed to make saving for...

It should really be called an Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan, because that’s what a 401(k) is—An account set up through your employer...

Life happens, and it's important to try to be prepared. Every adult should have a stash of cash that is easily available for those...

Hi all! When talking about stock market investing, the word 'Volatility' can refer to how much the value of the investment changes, how quickly, and at what volume. There is a more technical definition of 'Volatility' that you can research, if you'd like. But for a starting investor, the basic principle is this: the stock market, and individual investments, can be 'volatile.' To give the example of gas prices again--if the price of gas went from $2.20 to $10 for a gallon, i

Hi all! If you saw this post on "What is Money?" you remember that I define MONEY as a store of value and a means of exchange created...

Hi all! You may have heard of the money concept 'buy low, sell high,' and that is a great idea, but, unless you spend a lot of time...

Hey all! In this post , I talk about doing a 'digit tally,' --keeping track of your expenses as a way to prepare for starting to invest....