Living in a big city is cool. It’s often where the best entertainment options, the highest paying jobs, the financial district, and some of the best colleges and universities are. And a complementary perk is that you can find almost anything at any hour of the day.
A parent is also a child’s first teacher, showing them what they need to know about the world. An important part of this is taking them down the road of financial literacy. While some parents are apprehensive about discussing money matters with their kids, you must avoid falling into the same trap of minimal supervision.
Truth hurts and sadly the title of this article is indeed true. let’s talk about a very common topic. The rise in cost of living in Malaysia. Somehow this topic doesn’t seem to fade away for obvious reasons. I mean we are constantly slapped with price tags or fees that burns a crater in our…
Try to remember the time when you got your first paycheck. Chances are that it didn’t come with a set of instructions on how to best manage it or where to park it or what to do with it. And we’re left to figure it out on our own.
Trying to stay on top of our finances could be a great challenge especially when we’re busy with making ends meet every single day. We simply don’t have the ability to be thinking about everything all at once. Even if we somehow managed to, it’d be extremely tiring to keep that up.
The abundance of financial knowledge on the Internet has brought a lot of knowledge to our society in general. But it comes with the caveat that not all information can be trusted. On top of this, when paired with traditional financial knowledge that either does not work anymore or does not give the entire picture,…
Before even thinking about improving your financial situation, you must first have financial literacy to make it better. You can take a course, get a mentor, learn it the hard way, or you can just buy a book and learn from the years of experience from that writer.
Something that many people assume is “stuck with them” and don’t put any effort into lowering the cost is the electricity bill. Although it’s true that this cost will most likely still exist for the foreseeable future, we can still take certain actions to lower them significantly.
Personal finance can be a confusing topic, especially with the number of business jargons. But listening to an expert talk about all things finance while giving you guidance can make your journey to financial literacy much easier to navigate. These talks are more commonly known as a podcast.
