Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your money. In this episode we explain some relevant and helpful stories like: extra rental car charges, an expensive American Dream, geographic arbitrage, anemic 401k, emotional intelligence to boost your salary, unrelenting un-retirees, title lock insurance, skyrocketing car insurance, affordable flights sans luggage fees, cashback con, BTC ATMs, purging the penny, and looking back in anger.
Additional links:
- 401k Rollover: Check out Capitalize for free help rolling over your 401k to an IRA.
- Emotional Intelligence: A great HBR article on how to improve your EQ!
- Cheap travel: Here’s our master list of tricks and tips to save money on travel. The more you save, the more trips you can go on!
- Money Gears: Knowing your ‘money gear’ is a crucial part of your personal finance journey. Start here.
- Community: Join a thriving community of fellow money in the HTM Facebook group. Also don’t forget to sign up for the weekly HTM newsletter. It’s fun, free, & practical.
- Credit Card Tool – Looking for the right credit card for you? Then check out our new credit card tool that’ll help you to easily filter through all the cards based on your preferred airline, whether or not they have an annual fee, or simply by the cash back offer! Just toggle the sliders and you’ll know which card to consider.
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