When I first arrived to the US as an international student, I didn’t have any credit history. This made renting an apartment really expensive. My
Category: Personal Finance
Happy new year! it’s a new beginning. This year, we decided to automate our finances. After figuring out our monthly expenses, setting our budget in
We used YNAB for years, but the current subscription price increased to $99 a year. So we canceled that after I found a new budgeting
I’ve been thinking more and more about financial independence and retirement, even in my early career as a postdoc. It’s important to think about retirement
If you are a postdoc or newly minted faculty working in academia, or if you’re working for a non-profit, you may be able to contribute
I have two brokerage accounts with Fidelity. One is for a future car purchase, and the other is for house down payment. I don’t plan
Today I want to reflect a bit on my gradschool budget. I got a stipend of about $2350 each month. We split our bills 50/50
My husband and I lived on a monthly stipend of about $2400 and his savings during gradschool. So, we tried our best to stay frugal
You recently graduated and got a job, congrats! You start to go through your benefits package and you stumble upon the 401(k) account. You read
You may or may not have heard of a Roth IRA before. So I wanted to walk you through what it is, how to open