Saving

There are many people in the world who save money and never invest a cent of it. There are also people who invest a ton of money without having savings. Is either group right? Should you be focused on saving, or investing?

Before there was the internet, or handy banking apps that automated your saving for you, people did most of their spending and saving with cash. While it’s nice to not have to pay everything from your rent to your utilities in cash, there are a few tricks from that era that are still useful, and can even be revived for today.

Few things in life are truly free, except maybe unsolicited advice on how you should save and spend your money. You don’t need all that. And moreover, lots of that advice may actually be wrong. Here are the biggest savings myths, debunked by your friends at Vivid.

Cashback is maybe one of the easiest promotions to understand. Like its name implies, it’s a way for customers to get cash … back.

Do you actively avoid looking at your bank account, because you know whatever number you find there is going to fill you with dread and anxiety?

How much are you paying for subscriptions every month? Are you sure?

There are times when budgeting is easier, and times when it’s harder. On that spectrum, a global pandemic is probably not one of the easiest times.