I switched to online accounts like 20 years ago to avoid fees, but I guess some people are suspicious of online-only banks?
Many of my friends or co-workers still use brick-and-mortar bank that have minimum account balance requirements.
Has anyone gone on a summer vacation this year?
Where did you go?
Did you have a trip budget, or did you spend as you went?
No political debates please, but instead wonder if others are making provisions in case benefits run out or are reduced. I am scheduled to get my first check in September and my husband is waiting as long as possible to draw an increased amount. We are both retired with a modest investment account that we are drawing monthly payments on until my husband starts SS. So far, our account is earning almost as much as we draw out monthly, but can’t make up the bigger withdrawals for home maintenance, etc. My husband has some health issues, so he could apply for VA health benefits which could help some, but we have decent health insurance, so it wouldn’t be major. Anyone have any good tips for consideration or are most of you not concerned?
What We Spend
SFW
25 episodes
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-we-spend/id1806711479
Personal Finances
35 minutes
Episode description: Imagine being able to ask someone anything about their finances.
On What We Spend, people from across the country and across the financial spectrum open their wallets—and their lives—to share what they earn, what they want, and, for one week, exactly what they spend.
We’re currently looking for guests for our second season: people with interesting jobs, financial circumstances, or money stories. Are you getting married? Paying off debt? Receiving an inheritance? Navigating a major financial change?
We want to hear from you.