Schoffler knows that parting with hard-earned income is scary, but she’s grateful she made the decision to live more conservatively and invest when she was younger. “Passive streams of income have allowed my family to spend one month a year traveling the world for the past six years,” she says. “Having monthly and quarterly income that I’m not actively working for equals freedom.” Read More
Technology and innovation across industries are creating solutions that meet the customer where they are. Businesses first identify the consumers' interests and priorities, then they reveal the pain points, and focus on providing simple solutions with the lowest cost to the consumer. If it’s a race, we have consumer-facing industries leading the pack (cough, Amazon, et al, cough) and the financial industry beginning to move it’s behemoth legs — in fact, it’s just barely realizing it should probably start running. 2020 and female-forward, customer-centered financial technology, here we come. Read More
At Nav.it, we believe that true wealth is experiential. What you gain—not in your pockets, obviously—by removing yourself from the sameness of everyday life and traveling somewhere new is unmatched by any other experience. Purposeful Nomads facilitates that. Read More
How does the body positivity movement relate to finances? Just as much as the body positivity movement is fighting the heavy hand of cultural, racial, gender, familial, and structural belief patterns that have glorified ONE way of being in the world, we believe it’s time we fight the stereotype that there is just ONE way to earn, manage and grow your money. Read More
ur budget should help you be the best version of yourself: happy, fulfilled, and fiscally responsible. (That’s not to say it won’t require work or be tough at times—another relationship parallel.) So, say you’ve already found your perfect budgeting method. Bills and living expenses are clearly a must, but then there’s the portion of your budget that’s devoted to how you’d prefer to spend your cold, hard cash. Is it on self-care? Cocktails? Travel? Today we'd like to feature a Budget Badass where we explore how young women—both inside and outside of the finance industry—nav the system and balance their checkbook in a way that lets them live their best life. Read More
Do you really need travel insurance? Here's what you should know. Read More
Here are the top free investing apps, ranked by level of involvement and functionality. So whether you’re a hands-on, hands-off, or a somewhere-in-between investor, you can manage your money on your own terms, and in your own time. Read More
We’ve painted the stock market as this mysterious and exclusive place for a certain echelon of America to bask in their wealth. After months of research from books, blogs, and banks, all signs pointed at that fancy invest word.No one in my family invested, but everyone in the financial industry said it was a key component to build wealth. So I thought, If they can do it, why can’t I? Read More