Friday Flight - College Cost Cutting, Predictive Credit Scores, & Work Perk Pruning #1134

About this episode

The episode discusses various financial news topics and their implications for personal finance.

Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s best financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your money. In this episode we explain some relevant and helpful stories like: 3-year bachelor’s degrees and degree hacking Private student loans around 3% Insurance premium factors Predictive credit scores APR reduction scams Phishing for zoomers Work perk pruning Swapping iPhones for icedreams Combatting food waste Pre-gaming to avoid high priced booze $50 movie tix Booking on a Tuesday! Want more How To Money in your life? Here are some additional ways to get ahead with your personal finances: Credit card perks: Check out our favorite credit cards that we use to maximize rewards and optimize our spending. Other money nerds: Find a thriving community of fellow money nerds by joining the HTM Facebook group! Newsletter: Sign up for the weekly HTM newsletter . It’s fun, free, & practical. Money Gears: knowing what to do with your money is crucial to your personal finance…

Topics covered

• college cost cutting
• predictive credit scores
• financial news
• personal finance
• work perks
• money saving tips

Keywords

• college costs
• credit scores
• financial news
• money management
• student loans
• work perks
• saving tips

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: iHeartPodcasts, HowToMoney.com

Products: 3-year bachelor’s degrees, Private student loans, Insurance premium factors, Predictive credit scores, APR reduction scams, Phishing for zoomers, Work perk pruning, iPhones, icedreams, food waste

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