Time for our Friday Flight! These episodes are a sampling of the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it 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 cover some relevant and helpful stories like: interest rates on the rise, dumb ol gift cards, repair or replace a broken appliance, the easiest way to save time and money in the kitchen, phantom funds in your Venmo and Cash app, sweepstake savings accounts, coffee-drinking spendthrifts, speculation nation, an index fund to avoid, & last but also least- poop music.

Additional links:

• Gift cards – Federal law mandates that gift cards can’t expire before 5 years, but state laws might provide you with even more protection.
  • If you’re looking to make sure that you don’t lose the money you have stored on a gift card, go ahead and exchange it for actual dollars at a site like CardCash.com
• Credit unions – We’re always a fan of looking to credit unions if you’re looking to taking out a loan, but check out SaveToWin.org to see if there’s a credit union near you who offers sweepstakes savings accounts.

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