by Jonathan | May 20, 2025 | Budgeting
It doesn’t seem like I handle cash very often these days, but when I do, I sometimes wonder what the austere faces on my money would say about my use of it. “Sweets?” I imagine George Washington asking from his vantage point as I reach toward the candy-lined...
by Jonathan | May 8, 2025 | Budgeting, Insurance, Investing, Saving
“Daddy,” my eight-year-old suddenly piped up from the back seat of my car, “did cars have seat belts when you were little?” I had to laugh. Some of the most random conversations I have with my kids come in the broken silence of a car ride. “Of course they did,”...
by Jonathan | Feb 14, 2023 | Budgeting, Saving
Albert Einstein is often credited with saying, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it: he who doesn’t, pays it.” He is referring, of course, to the phenomenon of interest accumulating on both an investment’s principal and...
by Jonathan | May 27, 2022 | Budgeting, Saving
With both PPL and UGI set to increase their rates next month, now is an excellent time to review PA’s utility choice program. Pennsylvania offers its residents the option to choose the supplier of their natural gas and electric, but does shopping for rates...
