Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

Category: Personal Finance

Personal finance and money management can be very confusing. Most people know that optimizing their finances is important but few feel confident that they have the knowledge to do so.

At Fioney we stay on top of the latest economic trends, financial products, and money management strategies in order to provide the knowledge to help you use the money you have today to live the life you want.

Learn to make your money work for you. Whether it’s getting debt free or buying a home we have you covered.

A Guide to Understanding Your Retirement Account Options

These days, retirement is proving to a massive topic. Between consistent talk and speculation about the future of Social Security to the fact that we as humans tend to be living longer now, there have been many efforts to make individuals aware of how they should be preparing for retirement. While you may know the basics — such as start early and save as much as you can — you...

Money at 30: So You're Thinking of Starting a Podcast

Who, at some point in their life, hasn't dreamed of what it would be like to have their own radio show? While such aspirations seemed next to impossible years ago, the world of podcasting has blown the doors wide open. In many ways, the opportunities that podcasting provide can be far greater than radio ever could as you can potentially reach a huge audience while speaking on a specific topic. Given...

Money at 30: How I'm Preparing for an Extended Trip

Starting tomorrow, my wife and I will be embarked on a trip that will last for upwards of two weeks. While I'm in Orlando, attending the FinCon expo and hanging out at Walt Disney World, she'll be off in Paris, France to cover events at Disneyland Paris. Eventually we'll get to reunite just ahead of our fifth wedding anniversary and enjoy a few days together in the city where we...

Money at 30: 4 Restaurant Reward Programs I Actually Make Use Of

Remember the days when you'd walk into your local sub shop and, upon checkout, they'd offer you a punch card to keep track of your purchases and earn rewards? Well, those days are gone... sort of. While the concept still exists at many businesses, they've mostly been digitized. Still, the results are largely the same: you make a purchase or two and proceed to forget about your account and never...

Money at 30: Beware the 401(k) "Force Out"

One of the benefits of writing about personal finance is that, when I find myself in frustrating financial situations, I at least enjoy the silver lining of getting an article out of it. This is what I had to remind myself of yesterday as I spent a nice chunk of my morning on the phone with Wells Fargo. Why? Well, just as I'm constantly learning about new aspects of personal finance,...

The Best Apps for Each Step in Your Financial Journey

Given the sheer number of finance apps that have hit the market over the past few years, it can be easy to fall down a rabbit hole of recommendations. However, instead of filling your phone with every application you find, perhaps a better approach is to introduce apps to your ecosystem as you progress in your financial journey.

Money at 30: 4 Things I Learned About Rental Cars as a First Timer

All in all, renting my first car wasn't quite as intimidating as my nervous little brain was anticipating. That said I did still manage to avoid making a mistake or two along the way with what I believe were some smart moves on my part.

Money at 30: My Experience Using Credit Karma Tax

Overall, I'm still amazed that Credit Karma Tax is free and I'm really glad I decided to try it out. With this being only the second year the service has been offered, hopefully it will continue to improve with time and give the other guys a real run for their money.
The "Email" field is empty, you must enter some text to proceed.The text you entered in the "Email" field appears to be invalid, please edit it and try again
Get the Latest News Delivered to Your Inbox
Travelers with two Best Western Credit Cards

Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

After pausing applications for their previous rewards card, the hotel chain Best Western has unveiled a new pair of rewards credit cards with a new issuer. About the Best Western cards: Best Western is partnering with First Bank & Trust and Mercury Financial to introduce two new co-branded credit cards. First up is the no-annual-fee Best Western Rewards Visa Signature Card. With this card, customers can 4x points on Best...
Marriott Bonvoy card and a woman on vacation

Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

Chase and Marriott Bonoy have unveiled a special contest while continuing to offer its best-ever welcome bonus. About the welcome bonus and Bold Chat Court Contest: Marriott Bonvoy and Chase have launched a special opportunity called the Bold Chat Court contest. As part of this contest, 10 lucky travelers will be awarded 500,000 Marriott Bonvoy points (for a total of 5 million) as well as $5,000. For this contest, the...
Bilt and All Reward logos

Bilt Adds 2 New Transfer Partners Including First 3:2 Transfer Rate

Bilt is once again expanding its travel transfer rewards program — and is even breaking the mold with one new partner. About the new additions to Bilt: This week, Bilt launched partnerships with two more travel brands: TAP Air Portugal and Accor. As a result, Bilt members will now be able to transfer their points to Miles&Go and ALL Reward, respectively. In total, Bilt now has 18 transfer partners including 13...
Fioney Top 10 Must-Read Personal Finance Articles Septemeber 2024

Top 10 Personal Finance Articles of the Month — September 2024

Welcome to Fioney's look at the top 10 personal finance articles of the month. On the first Friday of each new month, we look back at some of our favorite posts published in the weeks prior and highlight them right here. This includes a mix of sites that have become staples of our lists as well as many first-timers. To start things off this month, we'll look at some articles...

2024 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

Ever since I started taking an interest in the FinTech sector, one company whose name I’ve seen pop up over and over again is SoFi. Lately it seems as though that theme has been sent into overdrive as the company has not only become a household name thanks to its stadium naming rights deal but also because of the company’s continued product expansions. The most interesting development in my mind...