After the enormous residential real estate bubble burst in 2008, followed by a 3,000 point crash in the market in the fourth quarter of that same year, America was forced to take a REALLY good look at its financial position. If you’re like me, you just graduated college and know relatively little about investments or what to do with your first paycheck beyond buying a new iPod and some awesome, and incredibly shock-absorbing running shoes. And then you see the financial mess that has impacted the nation, and you may wonder if what you could be doing with your income, whether meager or plump, could prevent you from suffering financially like the rest.
That’s the purpose of this blog. I’ve noticed how little my counterparts – recent college graduates – actually know about personal finance. I’m no whiz, but I have a passion for personal finance for a reason unknown to me. And I have a responsibly to share what I’ve learned.
Debt stresses me out. You, too? In this blog, I plan to present practical ways to help pay off college loans, car payments, and credit card debt you might have racked up for “must-have” purchases. I will define terms that are thrown around on the news all the time so that you can understand what on earth they’re talking about. I’ll present a digested version of relevant articles from the Journal and other business publications, and applications for that new information. I will also present my own strategies for investment based on my own experience and what I’ve learned from personal finance books, newspapers and business magazines.
I’ll always cite sources, so that you can easily refer to the sources I use and so that those authors receive the credit due to them.
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