by cdimarino90 | Apr 7, 2017 | All
Do you have renters or homeowners insurance? Do you know if you are covered in the event of an alien invasion or the zombie apocalypse? Well that depends on whether you have a named-peril (HO-2) or open-peril policy (HO-3). With a named-peril policy you are only...
by cdimarino90 | Feb 2, 2017 | All
Do you have a “fun fund” as part of your spending/savings plan? If you don’t have one yet, you should start one. A fun fund, also called a blow fund or an opportunity fund, is money you set aside once a month to spend purely on cool unexpected opportunities that...
by cdimarino90 | Jan 20, 2017 | All
Did you see this headline in the Washington Post – Millennials May Need to Double How Much They Save For Retirement? Did it scare you? Here’s why it shouldn’t. If you focus on the title you’re probably thinking. ”Double?? How in the world am I...
by cdimarino90 | Oct 3, 2016 | All
I spent my summer in a financial coaching certification program and I thought I’d share some of the more amusing and scary things I learned, with some useful tips and magic spells thrown in…Jargon: What I and every other normal human call an emergency fund...
by cdimarino90 | Sep 29, 2016 | All
You know how the investment companies always say “Past performance is no guarantee of future results.”? And do you ever wonder how you are supposed to pick your investments if that’s the case?Turns out there IS one really clear cut predictor of how well your mutual...
by cdimarino90 | Jun 14, 2016 | All
This week I’m a guest on the podcast Mainstream Metaphysics. Why am I on a metaphysical podcast you may ask? Well, Eve’s claim to fame is she is very mainstream and looking to give people practical solutions to life’s problems. So I use the phrase...
