Personal Finance: What You Need To Know Today

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Personal Finance

Lessons From a First-Time Home Buyer: Do You Know Your Neighbors?

by Kyle Burbank
A funny thing happened to me as I set off on my way to FinCon last week. As I got into my Uber, the driver said, "We don't know each other, but I actually live right over here." By "right over here," he literally meant two doors down. After making this realization, we chatted a bit about the neighborhood as he drove me to the airport (and, once I arrived,...
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Personal Finance

Amazon Announces Return Date for Prime Big Deal Days

by Kyle Burbank
Amazon's latest sales event is set for next month. About Amazon Prime Big Deal Days: Ahead of the holiday season, Amazon is readying another Prime shopping event. This year's Prime Big Deal Days will take place on October 7th and 8th. Among the brands featured in this year's sale are Samsonite, LEGO, Beats, Fisher-Price, Samsung, Dyson, and many more. Additionally, the retailer promises deals on its Amazon Essentials line, including...
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Personal Finance

Robinhood to Bring Private Company Exposure to Retail Investors

by Kyle Burbank
Robinhood is continuing its mission to democratize finance with the impending launch of Robinhood Ventures. About Robinhood Ventures Fund: This week, Robinhood announced its intent to launch Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI). The brokerage has taken the first step toward launch by filing an initial registration statement on Form N-2 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Once approved, RVI will be a closed-end fund intended to give retail customers a...
Sept 16-18 * 2026 FinCon Palm Springs
Personal Finance

FinCon Reveals 2026 Expo Location and Details

by Kyle Burbank
As FinCon 2025 comes to a close, the financial content creator conference has shared details about next year's gathering of money nerds. About FinCon 2026: Next year, FinCon will be headed to Palm Springs, California. The annual event will be held from September 16th to 18th, 2026 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. This news comes as FinCon 2025 wrapped up in Portland, Oregon. In celebration of the big announcement,...
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Personal Finance

Point.Me Ranks World's Best Airline Rewards Programs for 2025

by Kyle Burbank
The award travel booking tool Point.Me has released the results of its second annual Airline Loyalty Program Rankings. About the Rankings: Point.Me has published its list of the best airline loyalty programs in the world. For these rankings, the site assessed 59 programs in eight key areas: Ease of Earning Miles Redemption Rates Partner Opportunities Redemption Experience Award Availability Award Holds Customer Service Quality Change Fees/Policies With those guidelines, for...
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Personal Finance

"Rich Girl Nation" by Katie Gatti Tassin Book Review

by Kyle Burbank
A funny trend has been afoot as of late. It seems that many of the personal finance writers I've seen featured on the monthly Fioney Top 10 lists have recently been publishing books. I've already reviewed a couple of these — and there are even more on the way — but I had a chance to check out yet another: Rich Girl Nation: Taking Charge of Our Financial Futures by...
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Personal Finance

FinTech Brokerage App Robinhood to Join S&P 500

by Kyle Burbank
The popular (and occasionally controversial) stock trading app Robinhood is set to join the iconic Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P 500) index. About Robinhood's Addition to the S&P 500: Effective at the opening of trading on Monday, September 22nd, Robinhood will officially be included on the S&P 500. This coincides with the index's quarterly rebalance. Robinhood's arrival on the index comes as Caesars Entertainment — known for its Las Vegas destinations...
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Personal Finance

SoFi Introduces New Agentic AI ETF

by Kyle Burbank
The FinTech bank SoFi is launching another new exchange-traded fund (ETF). About the SoFi Agentic AI ETF: This week, SoFi announced the debut of an Agentic AI ETF. The ETF will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol $AGIQ. As with other ETFs, this means that investors can purchase shares of AGIQ regardless of whether or not they're using the SoFi Invest platform. The SoFi Agentic...
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2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

by Kyle Burbank
 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. That was later 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 is SoFi’s acquisition of Golden Pacific...
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Financial

A Look at How Rakuten (Ebates) Works in 2026

by Kyle Burbank
Since taking an interest in personal finance, one site I’ve come across again and again is Rakuten, formerly Ebates. If you’re still unfamiliar, Rakuten is a cashback site — and is the largest of its kind by far, boasting deals from over 3,500 retailers. Its popularity has endured even with the odd Rakuten re-branding and the platform remains one of my most-used money-saving tools. Since joining Rakuten / Ebates some...
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Credit Card News

Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

by Kyle Burbank
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...
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Credit Card News

Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

by Kyle Burbank
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...
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Credit Card News

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

by Kyle Burbank
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...