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The $1K Investor: A Guide To Help You Start Investing [Book Review]

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You know it’s important to save for your future, but it’s definitely a challenge. As you’re building the foundation of your financial house, getting your emergency fund in place is a great main focus. Having money in the bank protects you from having to take on debt when the unexpected happens. After you have money […]

Start Your Side Hustle In High Gear With The Freelance Toolkit

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Side hustling outside of your full or part-time employment can supplement your income greatly and even grow into a full-fledged business allowing you to quit that day job. That’s what it’s done for our friends Julie from FIRE Drill Podcast and Cody from The FI Show. Cody earned enough to walk away from his desk […]

Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk (About Your Finances) [Book Review]

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Whether you have your financial house in order or you’re still learning to manage your money, you might find yourself in the position of taking charge of your parent’s finances. If you think you and your parents are too young to worry about their financial futures, please reconsider. While we all hope our Mom’s and […]

Improving Your Financial Health With Apprisen – A Review

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The Women Who Money team created our mission statement before we launched our website in 2018. Although we focus on supporting women, we believe the articles we publish can help anyone improve their financial literacy as they work to become financially independent. At Women Who Money, we desire to: “Empower women with the knowledge, skills, […]

How to Get Every Cent Worth of Your Amazon Prime Membership (But Not Spend Every Cent You Have)

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If you’ve ever bought anything online, chances are you’ve purchased something, at one time or another, from Amazon. Once limited to books and media back in 1994 when the now-famous Jeff Bezos founded it, Amazon currently sells, well, just about anything. So if you find yourself shopping regularly at Amazon, it can feel like a […]

What Money Games And Activities Are Best For Teens?

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When it comes to teaching kids about money, we know starting early is a smart decision! There are terrific resources to help young children learn their first financial lessons. But what can we use to teach older kids and teens about money? Are there money games and activities, or apps and books to keep their […]

Women with Money, by Financial Expert, Jean Chatzky [Book Review]

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Whether the headline of the day is about the gender pay gap, the gender investing gap, or the risks to our retirement – there’s no shortage of news about women and money. We already knew women tend to take more time out of the workforce to care for our children and aging relatives. And we’re […]

Is My AAA Membership Worth the Money?

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This review was completed by Vicki, one of the co-founders of Women Who Money and Women’s Money Talk. She’s held a AAA membership on and off during the last 30 years. She is currently a Plus-level member with an add-on for her son who has a car at college six hours away from home. Whether […]

Chase Freedom Review: A Bonus, Rewards and No Annual Fee

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The Women Who Money Team wants to help women (and men) take control of their finances! Our goal is to empower you with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to improve your financial health. This Chase Freedom credit card review was completed by Vicki, one of the co-founders of Women Who Money. She’s had the […]

Ally: One Of the Best Banks To Make Money On Your Money

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I made a really smart money move when I opened a savings and checking account at Ally. While they might not always have the highest INTEREST rates, they do always offer very competitive rates, making Ally one of the best online banks to make money on your money. I’ve earned more interest in the nine […]

A Look At – The Next Millionaire Next Door [Book Review]

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Sarah Stanley Fallaw knows something about millionaires. After all, she’s surveyed over 4,000 of them. Plus she’s the daughter of the late expert on millionaires, the man who literally wrote the book on millionaires: Thomas J. Stanley. Fallaw is an expert in her own right. She has a Ph.D. in psychology, is the president of […]

Budgeting 101: Help For Managing Your Money Better [Book Review]

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You’ve undoubtedly heard a budget is essential for managing your money. Perhaps you’ve even created one a time or two. But then you stopped using it after only a few months out of boredom or frustration. To get the most out of a budget, it helps to realize budgeting is more than just recording what […]

Save Yourself: A Guide To A Financially Secure Retirement [Book Review]

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Breaking the paycheck to paycheck cycle, paying down debt, building an emergency fund, and investing for the future is challenging.  No matter what financial goal you’re working on, it’s vital to have reliable information readily available. While you can learn from others and connect to their success stories, easy-to-understand explanations of important financial concepts are […]

The Financial Grownup Podcast: One Money Lesson At A Time

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The Women Who Money team is always on the lookout for interesting and informative podcasts to share with our readers. Today’s review is by Vicki, co-founder of Women Who Money, Women’s Money Talk, and founder of Make Smarter Decisions. If you haven’t tuned in Bobbi Rebells’The Financial Grownup podcast, it’s time to add it to […]

Work Optional: Retire Sooner To Live Your Best Life [A Book Review]

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If you’ve spent any time reading about personal finance lately, you’ve likely heard about the “FIRE” movement. FIRE means Financial Independence – Retire Early. Suze Orman got headlines by announcing she hated the FIRE movement (but she changed her position a few weeks later.) While Clark Howard “FIRE’d” before it ever became a popular thing to […]

Every Woman Should Know Her Options [Book Review]

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As someone who believes in lifelong learning, I know I can always find new takeaways when I read a book – especially a book about investing. I also know I struggle to learn from books written with difficult to understand terms and those that make assumptions about your prior knowledge on a topic. When I […]

Know Your Worth, Get Your Worth: Salary Negotiation For Women [Book Review]

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While it’s disheartening to read women still earn $.80 in the workplace for each $1 earned by a man, women are not powerless to change their own earning situation. Olivia Jaras, who wrote Know Your Worth, Get Your Worth: Salary Negotiation For Women is a salary negotiation expert whose passion is helping women receive fair […]

Raise.com Review 2019 – The Marketplace for Gift Cards

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The Women Who Money Team uses different cash back and coupon sites, along with a variety of apps to save money when we shop in-store and online. This review of Raise – an online gift card marketplace, was written by Vicki, co-founder of Women Who Money and founder of Make Smarter Decisions. She’s been using […]

Tiller Money Review 2019: A Fast And Easy Way To Manage Your Money

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If I had to name just two things that have helped my family with our finances more than anything else, it would be tracking spending and automation. When we first set out to pay off our debt, we needed to find ways to slash spending and expenses. To do this, we tracked every single penny […]

Can Changing Your Mindset Change Your Life?

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While it may not be a new concept to you, now’s a great time of year to revisit Carol Dweck’s book – Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Published in 2006, it was updated in 2016 to address common misunderstandings and add new research. Dweck also responded to reader’s comments by providing more actionable advice […]