Book Reviews

Money at 30: "Broke Millennial" Book Review

by Kyle BurbankApr 9, 2019

A few weeks ago, I was scrolling through Twitter when I saw a tweet from @BrokeMillennial (AKA Erin Lowry) about her upcoming book Broke Millennial Takes On Investing. Considering the recent interest I've taken in learning more about investing and building a portfolio, I immediately pre-ordered the book — which is being released today. However, before diving into that title when it arrives on my doorstep, I figured I should take...

Personal Finance News

Study Finds Cheapest and Most Expensive Car Insurance States

by Fioney StaffApr 9, 2019

For years television advertising has been inundated with spots from car insurance commercials, each claiming to save Americans the most amount of money. Setting aside the fact that not every company can be the cheapest, one major factor in your rates is simply where you live. With that in mind, the personal finance site WalletHub recently ranked the states with the cheapest and most expensive car insurance rates. To compile...

Small Business News

Jovita Carranza Expected to Replace Linda McMahon at SBA

by Fioney StaffApr 8, 2019

Changes are afoot at the Small Business Administration (SBA). Following news that SBA Administrator Linda McMahon intended to step down from her post, President Trump has announced that he intends to nominate Jovita Carranza to take on the position. Not surprisingly, said announcement came in the form of the tweet, with @RealDonaldTrump writing, "I am pleased to announce that Jovita Carranza will be nominated as the new @SBAgov Administrator. She...

Best of the Web

Top 10 Personal Finance Articles of the Month — March 2019

by Fioney StaffApr 5, 2019

It’s time again for one of my favorite features here on Dyer News: a look at the top 10 personal finance articles of the month. For this installment we start off with a look at all things budgeting, with tips for various money personality types. Then we'll check in on the increasingly popular FIRE movement. Finally we'll asses how much your job could be costing you, a fun strategy for...

Economic News

Job Growth Bounces Back in March After Weak February

by Fioney StaffApr 5, 2019

In February U.S. job gains came in at a surprisingly low 20,000 — or more than 150,000 less than expectations. Despite being revised upwards to 33,000, it remains the weakest month of gains since September 2017. However the just-released March figures show a return to form of sorts, once again exceeding economist estimates. As CNN Business reports, the U.S. economy added 196,000 jobs in March. That's nearly six times the...

FinTech News

Affirm Nears "Minotaur" Status Following $300 Million Funding Round

by Fioney StaffApr 4, 2019

When it comes to FinTech, there have certainly been several ups and downs in the news cycle. While there have been down weeks led by news of regulatory inquiries or legal challenges, there are other weeks filled with small wins. It seems that the industy is enjoying a bit of the latter as one FinTech financer has just closed a big funding round. This week Affirm announced that it had...

Personal Finance News

Americans are Spending More on Credit Card Interest

by Fioney StaffApr 3, 2019

In the world of personal finance, credit cards have been a divisive subject. While there are sites dedicated to the benefits of credit cards including travel rewards and cash back, there are those (perhaps most notably Dave Ramsey) who rail against such products because of the high interest rates they carry. Now the latter group has even more statistical ammo for its arsenal as new data shows that Americans are...

Money Management Product Reviews

Money at 30: How I'm Saving Money with T-Mobile

by Kyle BurbankApr 2, 2019

Earlier this year, I suddenly found myself inspired to reassess some of the bills I had taken for granted and find new ways I could be saving money. As part of this goal I realized that, after a 10+ year run, perhaps it was time that I considered leaving AT&T and looking at a different carrier. Incidentally I've actually had my phone number with all four major U.S. carriers at...