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A Plutus Nod for Celebrating Your Money Wins – Volume 11

September 21, 2018 by Penny 2 Comments
Money Wins Plutus Nomination

Today’s money win is different. It isn’t strictly financial. There really aren’t any exact dollars and cents. Unless, of course, you count the dollars and cents that I spend on my blog. If that’s the case, this money win has a negative sign in front of it. But it’s worth every penny. Really! Over the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Celebrate Tagged: investing, milestone, money, money wins, portfolio, progress, retirement, retirement account, savings, small wins, stock market

Share Your Struggles, Not Just Your Successes

September 17, 2018 by Penny 32 Comments

Last week, I saw a mom at a distance walking with a toddler, a dog, and a toddler push car as I drove home from work. My heart melted. I smiled at the scene. My son has the same car. In fact, I was headed home so that I could become that mom—sans dog—in a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Wonder Tagged: debt, investing, memory, motherhood, roth IRA, stock market, storytelling, success, Vanguard

Simple Advice to Combat Investing Woes

January 26, 2016 by Penny 9 Comments

My husband doesn’t read my blog. He convinced me to start it, cheered me on enough to actually convince me to purchase a domain name and self host, and that was about it. Except for one day very early on when he clicked and clicked to get my page to 100 views…and promptly got busted … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Invest Tagged: advice, budget, investing, IRA, retirement, roth, savings, stock market

Put Up or Shut Up: My Plunge into Investing

November 9, 2015 by Penny 19 Comments

Despite the honors and AP classes that I was enrolled in throughout primary, secondary, and undergraduate schooling, I am a slow learner. Like, embarrassingly slow. But, I can say wholeheartedly that I have finally and officially learned that a certificate of deposit at my bank is no place for my Roth IRA. Is that a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: investing, money, roth, roth IRA, savings, stock market

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