Posts in Personal Finance
GMR 135: Financial Choices with Long-Term Negative Impact

Making smart financial decisions will ensure you maintain long-term financial health. Unfortunately, with the lack of basic financial education, that’s easier said than done. In this episode of GMR, we look at those financial decisions that have the most impact on our finances and give you some specifics on how to make better financial decisions.

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GMR 134: How to Experience Positive Change In Your Finances

You can do many things right to manage your money well and ensure a good financial future, but if you fail to add adequate insurance to your strategy, you could lose big! In this episode of GMR, we talk with Harry Stout, the author of Today’s Life Insurance - A Protection Tool for Your Future. His many years of experience in the insurance industry will help us understand the role insurance play into our financial lives, and why this one choice is so crucial to our success.

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GMR 133: Common-Sense Reasons to Buy Insurance Coverage

You can do many things right to manage your money well and ensure a good financial future, but if you fail to add adequate insurance to your strategy, you could lose big! In this episode of GMR, we talk with Harry Stout, the author of Today’s Life Insurance - A Protection Tool for Your Future. His many years of experience in the insurance industry will help us understand the role insurance play into our financial lives, and why this one choice is so crucial to our success.

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GMR 128: Time Tested Principles for Your Finances

IIn the past three months, we’ve experienced historical events; from COVID 19 impacting everyone across the globe, to recent riots breaking out all over the United States and beyond. There is much uncertainty in our world today. That’s why it’s necessary to rely on time-tested financial principles when making decisions that impact your today and your tomorrows. In this episode of GMR, we discuss these financial principles that have stood the test of time so you can use them to ensure your family’s financial future.

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GMR 126: Help Us Help You!

We need your perspective! After more than 2 years of launching Getting Money Right, we’re taking a pause to ask you about the things that really matter to you. Our goal is not just to give you good information, but to also help you take action that leads to your financial and life success. To help us in providing the kind of content and support you need, we’ve developed a quick survey. Please use the following link to take the survey, and thank you for your feedback - https://forms.gle/bWdrXPbzNQ9YMset8.

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GMR 121: The Yearly Budget Tool - Does it meet the 4 Foundational Principles of A Budget?

From using personally designed Excel spreadsheets to online apps, there are plenty of budgeting tools readily available to use to manage your personal budget. Over the next few episodes, we’re going to review some of the most popular apps and tools to see how effective they are at helping you manage your money. This week, we’ll evaluate the Yearly Budget Tool to see whether it meets all four of the 4 Foundational Principles of A Budget.

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GMR 119: How Dealing with Money Problems Makes Us Better

At first glance, problems can be seen as frustrating, and therefore to be avoided. That's no surprise since humans naturally seek pleasure and try at all costs to prevent pain. Money problems are especially painful because a lack of money threatens so many areas of life. In this episode of GMR, we discuss how dealing with our money problems can help us not only in fixing our money problems but also in improving ourselves.

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GMR 118: CARES Act: What You Need To Know

The Coronavirus pandemic has had significant health and economic impact in the United States. As a way to help shore up and maintain financial stability, Congress has passed the CARES Act bill. It is designed to keep workers paid and employed, fund health care systems enhancements, and provide for economic stabilization. In this episode of Getting Money Right, we break down the specifics of the CARES Act and how it will impact you.

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GMR 116: Navigating Through Uncertainty

For some people, this season of dealing with the coronavirus is proving to be more of a challenge than just simply staying healthy. Some are facing job loss and a lack of adequate resources. Others are concerned that if this pandemic lasts too long, what limited resources they have will run out. In this episode of Getting Money Right, we’re sharing some resources that are available to you right now, insights to help you take what you have and make it last longer, and a challenge to remember that we’re better together, so let’s help each other get through this.

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GMR 114: Buying vs Renting

Most people when asked would say that buying a home is better than renting. The truth is the answer is not that simple. There are many variables in making this decision, not the least being the cost. In this episode of GMR, we break down the perceptions and beliefs regarding homeownership and renting to help you make the best housing decision for you and your family.

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