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Is paying off your home in full a brilliant move or a financial mistake in disguise? The short answer is: it depends on your goals, cash flow, risk tolerance, and what you would otherwise do with that money. Owning your house outright comes with powerful advantages, but it also locks a big chunk of your…

How to Start Building Real Wealth in Your 20s (Even on a Modest Income) You’re 23, earning around £1,800 a month after tax, sharing rent of £1,090, covering bills, and sitting on about £2,700 in your bank account. You’re not a big spender, you’d rather save, but you feel like you’re behind and want to…

Is It “Too Much” Home Equity at 40 – Or Exactly Where You Want to Be? Owning a home with a lot of equity at 40 isn’t a problem; it’s usually a sign that a series of good financial decisions have compounded in your favor. Here’s the situation in numbers: – Age: 40 – Current…

Moronic Monday – March 30, 2026: Your Weekly Open Finance Q&A Welcome to the weekly “Moronic Monday” questions thread for March 30, 2026 – a standing space where you can ask anything related to finance, careers in finance, or coursework in financial subjects. The name may be tongue‑in‑cheek, but the goal is serious: to give…

35, feeling financially behind: what should actually come first? Hitting your mid‑30s and realizing you’ve barely saved or invested can feel scary, even embarrassing. You’ve been working since your teens, but money has always just… come in and gone out. No plan, no structure, no investments. Now you’ve opened a Roth IRA, started reading about…

This map shows a crude ticking time bomb that could disrupt a large share of the world’s oil supply as April approaches. Behind the colors and contours are real physical chokepoints, political flashpoints, and seasonal patterns that together create an unusually fragile moment for global energy markets. At first glance, the map highlights familiar regions:…

Help with a “Denetworked” Investment Account: What It Means and How to Get Your Money Back My parents opened a small investment account for me at Raymond James when I was a child, using money my late grandmother left behind. For years, I didn’t really understand what was in it or how it worked. The…

Where the 4% Rule Starts to Crack The classic 4% rule was built on one powerful idea: if you withdraw 4% of your portfolio in the first year of retirement and then adjust that dollar amount for inflation every year, your money should last at least 30 years. That conclusion came from William Bengen’s analysis…

19 years old and ready to open your first bank account – that’s a smart move and a huge step toward real financial independence. Choosing Capital One as your main bank is perfectly reasonable, and the question you’re asking yourself – whether you should open both a Capital One 360 Performance Savings (a high-yield savings…

Should I sell my old Toyota and upgrade to a used Mitsubishi Outlander? There’s a 2017 Mitsubishi Outlander GT for sale on Marketplace that has really caught my attention. It’s listed at $8,200, has 91,000 miles on it, and appears to be in very good condition from the outside. The price seems attractive, especially compared…