Category Archives: Finance

Invest, Resist: How can Americans invest their 401k’s internationally?

How can Americans diversify their holdings to include more international funds in their 401k? Check your plan and talk to your advisors on how much and which option makes sense for your situation. Our goal is to support the world and pressure the US oligarchs through our investments.

Finance: We saved $5000 by refinancing our student loan

We refinanced our variable rate student loan to a 15 year fixed rate loan. This saves us time and money, to the tune of $5000 in saved interest costs and 1 year of saved payments. We discuss when it makes sense to refinance and save the difference.

Finance: ARM interest template

We share a downloadable Adjustable rate / Variable rate template to see the impact of higher interest rates, higher payments, and longer term on paying off our house mortgage.

Finance: What helps you most with FAFSA?

In today’s piece, we’ll cover the combination of income and assets that best helps you with FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Those can include parents income, parents assets, students income, and students assets.

Finance: The SAVE program changes interest capitalization for the better

The new SAVE student loan repayment plan has a big benefit regarding interest capitalization to make life easier. We add to our previous coverage of the SAVE plan.