Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web.
12 money-saving hacks for raising kids, from clever parents who did it (Wall Street Journal). Baby sitting co-ops, crowd-funding college, and more.
The majority of Americans say there’s no set age to reach big money milestones—but 45% wish they’d saved sooner (Empower). We can’t turn back time, but we can help our kids get in the savings game sooner than later.
Activity isn’t progress (A Teachable Moment). With investing, as with so many things, we often focus on the wrong things.
Tripling your net worth in 5 years (A Wealth of Common Sense). A case in point from the previous article — some would rather chase unrealistically high returns than do what it takes to save more.
My internal struggle for outsourcing the chores I hate (or can’t do) (The White Coat Investor). Yes, it’s a luxury to be able to pay someone else to mow the lawn, but happiness experts say if you can afford to, it’ll be money well spent. Ah, but other factors can get in the way.
What factors affect car insurance cost? (Wall Street Journal). You can’t control how old you are, but there are a lot of factors you can control.
Top 5 Social Security questions most Americans get wrong (USA TODAY). How many of these could you answer correctly?
6 lessons from losing a friend and colleague (Morningstar). A friend’s death has a powerful way of reminding us of what really matters.
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