If you love the show Arrested Development as much as I do, you’ve already cleared your schedule on May 26 when the show returns on Netflix for a fourth season featuring 15 simultaneously released episodes. Frozen bananas? Check. Kidding … [Read more...]
About David E. Weliver
Personal Capital Review: Online Investment Management and Free Portfolio Tools
May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Personal Capital is a free online and mobile personal finance and investment management app that’s been garnering a lot of fans both here on Money Under 30 and from Silicon Valley investors. I first found Personal Capital when we went looking for … [Read more...]
Choosing Investments for Your IRA
May 6, 2013 by 10 Comments
Last week, a friend made a confession. “So this is terrible,” she said. “But I just realized that when I rolled over my old 401(k) over a year ago to a Fidelity IRA, I never invested it. It’s been sitting there as cash all this time!” At … [Read more...]
Toshl Review: A Beautifully Simple Manual Budgeting App
May 2, 2013 by 3 Comments
A reader recently let me know about Toshl, a budgeting app available online and for iPhone and Android (thanks, Rachel!) In a sentence, Toshl is a manual budgeting and spend-tracking app with a beautiful design and intuitive user experience. As far … [Read more...]
Auto Insurance Scores: The Surprising Truth About How Credit Affects Car Insurance Rates
April 25, 2013 by 1 Comment
As I often mention, I login to the free service CreditKarma every couple of months to keep track of my credit score. One time a year or so ago I logged in to see a new feature that differentiated my credit score from my auto insurance score. To my … [Read more...]
How to Get Approved for a Mortgage (Especially Your First)
April 18, 2013 by 23 Comments
With mortgage rates at historic lows, lots of people are looking to buy homes after years of renting or staying put in a pervious house. As a result, the real estate market is competitive in many parts of the country, requiring buyers to put in … [Read more...]
Making Prior Year IRA Contributions
April 5, 2013 by 3 Comments
Individual retirement arrangements, or IRAs, provide tax incentives for saving for retirement. If you can afford it, I strongly encourage everybody to contribute at least a little bit to a Roth IRA every year, even if you have a 401(k) or other … [Read more...]
The Refrigerator Guide to Money in Your 20s
April 1, 2013 by 3 Comments
With every passing year, I get a little bit further from the 25-year old who started Money Under 30 deep in debt and still figuring things out as I went. I struggle to pass on the lessons I’ve learned over the last six and a half years about … [Read more...]
Home Insurance: Why You Should Pay Attention!
March 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
When Lauren and I bought our first home three years ago, everything about being first-time home buyers was new: making an offer on the home, applying for a mortgage, even getting home insurance. When you’re wrapped up in the excitement and … [Read more...]
How Much Financial Help Should Parents Give 20-Somethings?
March 14, 2013 by 16 Comments
An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal spotlighted 20-somethings -- including one 28-year-old attorney -- who are still on their parents’ cell phone plans and Netflix accounts. At least through my mid-twenties, I got the impression most … [Read more...]
