What Is a Backdoor Roth IRA (Contribution)? Should I Do it? How Do I Do It?
If I had to wager, backdoor Roth IRA contributions are in the top 3 of #personalfinance Slack channel topics.
Saving and Spending
Meg’s Musings: Your Spending Doesn’t Affect Just You.
Ramit Sethi’s work on the psychology of money, especially around spending, is wonderful and desperately needed. To put it simply: He encourages people to spend more money on
Is your take-home pay too tiny to live on? That’s okay! We can make it work.
But, Meg, what will I live on? A delightful and Highly Suspicious client asked me this recently when I was talking with her about not only maxing out her participation
Meg’s Musings: Thriving in the Time of Covid
We are all emerging from the first “stage” of quarantine. We are also all starting to realize that, contrary to what I assumed back in March, this is all going
Meg’s Musings: (Reducing) Spending Edition
I offer up these thoughts on spending in the spirit of: If it helps, I am happy. If this is not the right time for you to think about such
It’s 20 (40) years until I retire! How do I save and invest for the between-now-and-then? (Video)
We’re pretty good at saving for the long term (retirement). We have our 401(k)s and IRAs. We’re pretty good at saving for now. We have cash in our bank accounts.
Okay, I’ve tracked my spending. But how do I make sense of the data?
Tiller. Mint. YNAB. Spreadsheets. Pencil and paper.
Do Your RSUs Make Your Annual Income Super High? Treat Yourself, Sure, and Also…
…don’t permanently increase your expenses.
I Make So Much Money. This Should Be Easy. Why Am I So Stressed Out? (Video)
It’s easy to think that if you make a lot of money, your financial life should be easy. But if you’re anxious, you have every reason to be! Finances in
Do you fear a recession might be around the corner? What can you do to prepare?
Have you started to hear rumblings from your friends, colleagues, family, or the media that a recession is probably coming soon? Are you nursing a fair bit of anxiety about