Elon Musk Says He’s Getting Back to Business: ‘I Must Be Super Focused’
Elon Musk had been the face of President Donald Trump‘s efforts to reduce the size of government. More recently, however, the billionaire has said he intends to return his focus…
2024 2025 ACA Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit Percentages
If you buy health insurance from healthcare.gov or a state-run ACA exchange, there used to be a hard cutoff for whether you qualify for a premium tax credit. You didn’t…
10 Best Student Checking Accounts of May 2025
If you’re a student (or parent) looking for a place to park your money without excessive fees or unrealistic balance requirements, check out the impressive array of low-cost, low-balance checking…
7 Benefits to Filing your Taxes As Early as Possible
Most taxpayers realize that the sooner they file their tax return, the quicker they will receive a refund. Beyond that simple common sense truth, however, there are a number of…
Everything You Should Know About Justin Sun and His Ties to Trump
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun now has a $100,000 Trump-branded watch on his arm, but he’s no stranger to the high life. The billionaire was one of 220 top backers of…
Beautiful and Powerful Financial-Planning Software for FIRE
I love beautifully-designed software. I love powerful/flexible financial software. It’s been a while since I’ve found an application that’s both, but that’s exactly what I have for you today… ProjectionLab…
Are Index Funds a Bubble?
Are Index Funds a Bubble? Lanju Photografie, Unsplash Recently a friend reached out asking for my take on concerns raised in this article: What Goes Up I hate these kind…
How To Afford a House These Days
– The other day, an MMM reader stopped by and left the following comment on one of my older posts about the principles of FIRE: “While I still find some…
McDonald’s Shuts Down Its Spin-Off CosMc’s As Sales Lag
McDonald’s announced on Friday that it is closing its CosMc’s spin-off line of Starbucks-style drink shops. McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said in the company’s last earnings call that drinks from…
Split-Year Backdoor Roth IRA in FreeTaxUSA, Year 1
The best way to do a backdoor Roth is to do it “clean” by contributing *for* and converting in the same year — contribute for 2024 in 2024 and convert…