We started Control Your Cash for one reason:
Your relationship with money is almost certainly dysfunctional. You don’t know what you don’t know, probably because nobody ever taught you.
Fortunately, you can stop letting money act on you – and actually take charge of it.
We don't give patently obvious advice here, stuff like "spend less than you make." (Wow, what insight.)
Instead, we show you what pitfalls to avoid and what quiet opportunities to take advantage of. Spend a little time here and you’ll no longer have to pretend that you know what the S&P 500 is. Or whether a Roth IRA is better than a traditional one. You’ll understand the why, and the how.
And you’ll find that personal finance is a lot less complicated than you thought.
The Latest
The Best Alternatives to a 401(k)
The well of creativity is barely a trickle at this point. Our muse went to St. Tropez with someone younger and better-looking, and that was months ago. Is she ever coming back? We’ll leave a light on. Spend more time at the gym. Buy more flattering clothes. Vacuum the house once in a while. Damn, […]
Carnival of Wealth, Back from the Dead Edition
If you missed last week’s Carnival of Wealth…well, you weren’t the only one. First, the excuse: we use a couple of hosting services to organize the carnival submissions for us. One of those services has been down for a while now, the other one takes submissions and watches them disappear into the ether. So […]
An Investopedia Repost About Lockouts and Such
From our Investopedia files, a piece about sports labor strife. Which doesn’t pertain to your life unless you’re an athlete, an agent, or maybe a team owner, but it’s an entertaining read. Trust us, we wrote it. Here’s an enticing sample: By 2011, pro football had metamorphosed from popular sport into national obsession. That spring, […]
Carnival of Wealth, Andrew Pohl Edition
That’s the problem with being selective. You accept only the good submissions, or the stupendously awful ones, and pretty soon the number of submitters dwindles to a trickle. Presenting another edition of the Carnival of Wealth, the only personal finance blog carnival worth a damn. Even with only 2 submitters. One of whom is […]
From the Archives
Whole Life Insurance, a/k/a Actuarial Rustproofing
Life insurance is supposed to keep your survivors’ financial lives operating without interruption should you buy the farm. If you’re rational enough to acknowledge that you might die and leave dependents, but not so rational as to compare the likelihood of you leaving your family destitute with the price of insurance, then perhaps a […]
Somebody Slap This Man
So this is what it’s come to. Kohl’s, the amazingly outdated department store chain with its radiant white perfume counter and its Semiannual Men’s Suit Events, is on the defendant end of a new lawsuit. The basis for this suit is so stupid that it’s hard to recite for you here without seething, but we’ll […]
Thy will be done
A will doesn’t just disclose who gets what once you die. it also states who’ll take care of your kids. Your will should designate primary and secondary guardians. Have your kids’ guardian act as their fiduciary (i.e., to oversee the money.) Which makes sense, since some of your money will support your kids. If […]
The 25th Through 28th Ways Rich People Think Differently
You’re not going to understand this unless you read Wednesday’s post. Rich people know that if you have “something to fall back on”, you’ll fall back. “Your dream is to perform on Broadway? Good for you. But finish that political science degree, so you’ll have something to fall back on.” Not to delve […]
