Education
Your weekly hike through finance with insights from subject matter experts, real-world solutions and information to guide you to financial freedom.
Education
Your weekly hike through finance with insights from subject matter experts, real-world solutions and information to guide you to financial freedom.
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Should I Invest Differently When I Retire?
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The Money Value of Time Why saving time can be as valuable as saving money
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An Auto Adventure A car-buying guide
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To Advisor or Not to Advisor Finding your financial path
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401(k)’s Made Simple The Easy Start Guide
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Oh hey there, you've found this personal finance blog!
Now what?
When you read a finance blog, you’re looking for easily-digestible thoughts about what you need to do. That’s when you start to ask some hard questions.
Saving money is hard, am I right?
What am I supposed to be doing that relates to my financial situation?
What if I’m too tired to read and want a personal finance TLDR?
What’s the best budgeting app out there?
Can I read this finance blog and download a companion finance app that will actually help me?
Do I need to do a Personal Finance 101 class to figure things out?
How am I supposed to buy a house in this economy?
These questions and many more like them are normal, and that’s part of our goal here at 3Nickels. We ask the hard questions and talk about personal finance in ways that everyone can understand. With the help of our app, 3Nickels, we can help you understand and reach your goals. Let’s start to normalize these conversations about finance with “That’s Normal”.