Guide to retirement
It’s never too early to plan for retirement. This guide shares explanations, strategies, and inspiration to build a strategy fit for your retirement.
How to improve your financial well-being with a personal finance auditÂ
Financial well-being, or financial wellness, refers to your overall financial health. It includes things like habits, planning, mindset, and goals. The idea is that you have…
Guide to investing for long-term financial wellness
Investing for the long-term is one of the best ways to improve your financial wellness, build sustainable wealth, and create the future you want. This guide shares the ins and out of investing, building a portfolio, and more.
Guide to budgeting for long-term financial wellness
Whether creating your first budget or looking to refresh your methods, this guide shares strategies for setting and maintaining a budget.
How to set financial goals to build the future you want
Everybody likes to daydream. Some about retirement, an unforgettable vacation, or their perfect home. Whatever your dream is, you can do it! You just need…
The adviser for millennial investors? Themselves
When I logged onto LinkedIn earlier this week, I stumbled across a Wall Street Journal piece that profiled how younger generations of investors have been…
M1’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
At M1, we are a company driven by our mission to empower people to improve their financial well-being. Regardless of who they are or what…
24 employees tell us why M1 is a 2021 top workplace
We’re excited to be recognized as a Chicago Tribune 2021 Top Workplace! Since there’s no awards show where our employees can get up and give…
The 6 principles of value investing
Everyone likes a bargain, especially value investors. Value investing is a strategy that involves picking stocks that you believe are trading lower than their value….
So…I bought a bank
Most of our financial institutions are decades, if not centuries old. As with any dated institution, they are bureaucratic, charge unnecessary fees, use obsolete technology,…
The rise of financial influencers: what you need to know about finance’s fastest growing trend
The last time I wrote a post, we were in the middle of what financial historians might call the “Meme Coin Rush of 2021.” As…
The truth about the “October Scare” and stock market corrections
As the calendar turns to October, people are settling into piles of leaves, warm sweaters, and everything pumpkin spice. So why do investors historically think…