What is a checking account? A checking account is a type of account that you open with a financial institution like a bank or credit union that allows you to deposit your money to be held with them and can withdraw it at any time. Checking accounts allow people to access the money held in…
What’s the first thing you need when starting a business? During the coronavirus pandemic of 2020-21, millions of people were laid off from their regular 9-5 type jobs in the USA and around the world. While some countries in the world were able to grant a fair amount of money in aid to those who…
What are taxes and how do they work? Taxes are the fees everyone in the world pays to their government in one way or another to pay for the goods and services provided by the government like law enforcement, health care, the military, and others. Taxes are normally collected in a few different ways that…
What is the Mudflap App? Mudflap is a relatively new cashback app, similar to the GetUpside app that gets you cash back on gas, that allows anyone to save a bunch of money when purchasing diesel fuel. I have written about a couple of other programs like the “My Diesel Fuel Savings Program“, “TSD Fuel…
What is Robinhood? Robinhood is an investment brokerage that’s named after the famed fairy tale character of Robinhood, who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Robinhood named itself in such a manner because they were one of, if not the first investment brokerage that allowed people to invest commission-free. Before Robinhood, most…
What is Quora? Quora is a site that is a bit of a mix between a social media and Q&A site. The fact that you can post and answer questions that people post on this site and at the same time you can also garner a following and really interact with others through the comments…
What are MLPs or Master Limited Partnerships? MLP stands for a master limited partnership. An MLP basically is a type of stock that exists as a publicly traded limited partnership. Everyone who invests in shares, or rather “units”, of an MLP is technically considered a “limited partner”. Master Limited Partnerships have two different types of…
What is the Verizon Skills Forward training program? Most everybody knows of the cellular service company called Verizon. They are one of the biggest cellular companies in the world and the products and services they sell range from their regular cellular service to talk and connect to the internet to their FIOS home internet fiber…
What are Affiliate Programs? Affiliate programs are programs that are set up by a business selling a product or service with the use of an affiliate network in order to help advertise the items they sell through third-party advertisers like blogs like this one in order to reach an ever wider audience that they can…
What is M1 Finance? M1 Finance is an investment brokerage that offers investment and banking services. The unique thing about M1 Finance is that they were one of the first brokerages to offer both commission-free and fractional shares on any stock listed in the US stock market. They did have predecessors like the investment brokerages Stash…
