Category: Personal Finance

From the desk of Matthew Shantz: While most of us are cooped up inside, one part of our bodies that is getting worked out more then ever are our thumbs. As we scroll through Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, mindlessly passing by ads for this and that. I have noticed a significant uptake in the number of ads on my personal accounts for “Debt Consolidation Products” and, interspaced evenly between Cooking Tutorials, DYI Face Masks, and Millionaires promising to give away their fortunes. Typically, I would pass these ads by, ignoring them as the unwanted, unsolicited, poor and misleading advice that they are. Except for today, today I decided to engage one to see what this was all about, and the realization hit me “People really are going to fall for this crap!” Most of them start off innocently enough “It Is Very Easy To Write Off The Complete Debt With …
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It’s become a bit of a cliché to talk about resolutions at the start of the New Year. You’re going to be inundated with pitches to exercise more, “eat right” or pick up a new hobby. These resolutions start out with the best of intentions but ultimately most of us can’t manage to keep them. Within a few days or weeks, we’re back to our old habits. Perhaps only a psychiatrist knows why we can’t keep our resolutions. While giving up the sweets might seem like an impossible task, getting into some good financial habits at the start of the year is easier than you think. And there is no better time to look at what you might be doing right and perhaps wrong when it comes to your finances and make a change to see a more prosperous 2018. These are by no means brand new ideas but rather …
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