Summer Money – Graduations, Weddings, & Investing
June 4, 2009
May was our first month as a two kid family and was a busy time. Our little baby girl isn’t sleeping through the night yet but we’re starting to get her figured out. We’ve been through some late nights and LOTS of crying but in spite of that we’ve continued to publish articles on the site every day.
This has only been possible thanks to our amazing contributors Erik, Victor, Kristie, and Mike. I don’t have all of their profiles published on the site yet but I just wanted to say thanks to all of the great information they’ve provided over the last month! Here are the main things we covered.
College Graduates
May is the month of college graduation, when thousands of students turned adults are released out into the world to start making their mark. Erik, Mike, and Kristie helped put together some articles to help college grads with their money:
- Auto Insurance for College Graduates
- Emergeny Funds for College Graduates
- Renters Insurance for College Graduates
- Affordable Apartments for College Graduates
- College Graduate Jobs & Money Tips
- Credit Scores for College Graduates
- Credit Card Tips for College Graduates
- 3 Big Financial Decisions for College Graduates
Marriage and Money
Summer is wedding season so we decided to touch a little on money and marriage. Kristie offered some tips for newlyweds on managaing debt and credit scores:
- Debt & Marriage – What You Should Know Before the Wedding
- Credit Scores & Interest Rates – Why Credit Matters to Newlyweds
- Improve Your Credit Score in 5 Simple Steps
- Free Credit Reports
Money and Markets
The stock market looks a little more promising this summer than it has for a while now, Victor contributed some articles to help us understand more about the markets and our money:
- Investing Mistakes that Will Lose You Money or Make You Cry
- Stock Prices – Why They Go Up and Down
- Stock Market Indexes Cheat Sheet
- Penny Stocks Explained
- Stock Dividends 101
Victor has more investing articles to come in the next week or so. He’ll talk about selecting mutual funds, technical analysis, and day trading vs long term investing. Be sure to sign up for free updates to get these delivered when they’re published.
Video Case Studies
I’m going to be running a series of video case studies for newsletter subscribers on different ways you can make extra money. The first one is 95% ready and I’ll be sending it out in the next few days. You can sign up for the newsletter for free below:
Your post reminds me of the smartest thing I did in grad school which was get renter’s insurance. We lived in Boston at the time and were broken into twice! We were so relieved to have renter’s insurance which covered our losses. Renter’s insurance is so cheap, too. I hope your post leads other college grad to check them out.
Jerry
Hiya,
My friend is due to get married this year, and is she is very excited. To be honest I think the growing costs have started to panic her a bit. I didn’t realise how expensive weddings can get. She told me that she had found a Free Invitation eCard site. I checked it out and it looks really cool, lots of funny cards. There are loads of e-Card sites out there, so it may be worth doing your own research and finding one that suites you best. Hope this helps, and good luck everyone on your forthcoming weddings. Love and Hugs.
Thanks for the bundles of information. I find this very helpful.
I graduated a year ago – and used craigslist to find my place. For the location near the beach the rent is very decent. Only $800 a month!