What does inflation mean for your investments and WTH are I-Bonds???
Inflation can sound super scary and news channels are ringing the alarm bells for the recent increase in inflation rates. Inflation is represented as the rate at which prices for goods and services...
Stock Options & Taxes: Common Mistakes Made When Filing Your Taxes
Did you get offered company stock options in 2021?? If so, congrats! If you bought or exercised your stock options, then you need to watch for these common tax pitfalls when filing your taxes. There...
Five Things You Can Do to Up Your Finance Game in 2021
Start a travel fund (or whatever else fuels your passion): After the rollercoaster of a year 2020 dished out, I think we are all due to have some fun in 2021! For me, this means traveling as soon as...
Books That Actually Kept My Attention in 2020
I am usually quite the book whore and devour books weekly, but 2020 has been quite the tumultuous year for a variety of reasons and I found myself picking up books less and less as the weeks and...
What the F is a Fiduciary (and why it should matter to you)?
Let’s get this out of the way first: Empowering Finance and Corey is abso-freaking-lutely a fiduciary. We abide by the fiduciary standard 100% of the time. It’s part of being a Registered Investment...
WTH is “The Lost Decade” & WWIDIIWMMM
In my previous post, I talked about my journey into the wild world of finance and what led me to launch Empowering Finance. But what does it really mean to work with a CFP® professional? What does...