Friday Flight - Frustrating Fees, Degree Doubts, & Upper-Middle Class Ascendancy #1128

About this episode

The episode discusses the week's best financial news and its implications for personal finances.

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: Stocks at all-time highs Bag fees and fuel surcharges Surging HOA fees This old house Spending those tax refunds You’re owed some money ( Unclaimed.org & MissingMoney.com ) Don’t be a victim Degree doubts Free degrees Upper-middle class ascendency Tough times for rideshare Life insurance in the back of a Lyft (better -> Life Insurance: A Step By Step Guide )   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…

People in this episode

Host: Unknown

Topics covered

• financial news
• personal finance
• fees
• education
• investing
• tax refunds
• financial independence

Keywords

• stocks
• bag fees
• HOA fees
• tax refunds
• degree doubts
• upper-middle class
• rideshare
• life insurance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: iHeartPodcasts, Unclaimed.org, MissingMoney.com

Products: Life Insurance: A Step By Step Guide

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