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Best Online Brokers 2020: Ranking The Top Choices

August 14, 2020 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

When it comes to investing, choosing where to invest is often the first and most crucial choice you make (which is why we created this guide to finding the best online brokers from 2020!).

Choose correctly, and you’ll be in a great spot to pick from a wide variety of low-cost funds and make trades for free. Choose poorly, and your investment options will be limited, and your fees will be high.

Online brokers come in all shapes and sizes, but the three things I looked for in a broker in 2020 were:

Low fees
Wide variety of low-cost index funds and ETFs (for you non-stock traders out there)
Ease of use

Below we’ll break down some of the best brokers out there and score them on the three criteria above. This way, you can make a smart personal finance decision and choose the best online broker for you.

First, here’s a quick primer on what makes an online broker (you experts can skip ahead).

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Worthy Bonds Review: Earn 5% Interest

April 22, 2020 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

Bonds are often an integral part of a diversified investment portfolio. In our Worthy Bonds review, we’ll introduce you to a unique type of bond investment open to all investors. If a 5% interest is attractive to you, you’ll want to learn about Worthy Bonds.

How can a bond investment pay a 5% return in a zero interest rate environment? Here are a few of the reasons.

Skipping the middleman is a great way to deliver value to both consumers and sellers. It’s a business strategy that has been around for a while. Netflix does this with movie production – being both the producer and the distributor of films. Warby Parker is doing with glasses – sourcing glasses direct from manufacturers and making them available to consumers online for reasonable prices.

And now, it’s what Worthy Financial is doing with its Worthy Bonds platform.

Through Worthy, everyday people like you and I can purchase bonds funding small businesses and entrepreneurs that pay 5% interest. Instead of putting money in a bank and earning a measly 0.01% to 2.00% interest rate while they loan our money out for much more, we can get in on the action.

Of course, “getting in on the action” comes with added risk, but it’s an offering that we’ll dive into below.

This post was written in partnership with The Money Mix.

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Types of Bonds: Bond Investing for Beginners

April 14, 2020 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

Bond investing is something every new investor should understand. Whether you are building a specific 3 fund portfolio, or simply deciding on your asset allocation, the types of bonds you choose matter.

From government bonds to corporate bonds, they all play a similar role in your portfolio – diversification. However, there are distinct differences between them, and understanding those differences can help you decide how to get started.

Before highlighting three major types of bonds, we’ll start with the basics, what is a bond?

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Understanding Venture Philanthropy and Its Impact on the World

April 13, 2020 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

Venture Philanthropy is prevalent in our every day lives. From funds that provide better education opportunities to students in urban school districts to medical research for Cystic Fibrosis, Alzheimer’s, and a range of other diseases, chances are you come across examples of venture philanthropy almost every day.

Without it, many of the world’s largest social impact organizations and foundations wouldn’t be around to help people today.

This guide to venture philanthropy will help you understand what it is, how it works, and why it is important to people all over the world.

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How to Start Real Estate Investing: A Beginner’s Guide

March 27, 2020 By Jeff Anzalone

Learning how to start real estate investing has become popular as people have begun to focus on growing multiple streams of income.

If done right, you could see significant returns on your money but, as with any type of investment, “never invest in anything you don’t understand (or can’t explain to a 5th grader.”)

Even Mark Twain knew that real estate investing was valuable as he said, “Buy land. They’re not making it anymore.”

One of the main reasons that hold most people back from real estate investing is the lack of knowledge. One misconception is that it takes lots of time and money, but you’d be surprised at the multiple different ways you can get started in real estate.

If you’re not sure where to begin, let’s start by addressing the different types of real estate investing.

This post was written in partnership with Jeff Anzalone from Debt Free Dr. and The Money Mix.

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