Welcome to the second blog post in this series about learning how to invest as a beginner. In this post, Clo Bare breaks down investing language into easy-to-read pieces so that anyone can understand basic investing vocabulary – not…
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How do you invest as a beginner? We hear it all the time: invest to build wealth. Ever wonder what the heck a Roth IRA is? Or what the point of retirement accounts is? These can be intimidating questions…
Whether to save or invest is a question many people have when starting out in their personal finance journeys. Saving is a priority for people without emergency funds or for people with short-term goals, like purchasing a home within…
Is the stock market crashing?! If so, what do we do? Should we wait to invest? In this post, Clo Bare Money Coach breaks it down for us so you can decide for yourself.…
In our last post we covered WHY I quit my cushy six-figure job, so in this post we’ll cover HOW I quit that cushy six-figure job and entered into entrepreneurship full-time.…
Read how one blogger was able to take her money coaching side hustle full time and QUIT her job. Clo Bare shares why she decided to quit her cushy $130k a year gig to pursue her dreams.…
What are ETFs or exchange-traded funds? In Clo Bare’s Investing 101 series, she works on demystifying the stock market so folks like yourself can understand, invest, and get some of that sweet, sweet, passive income. In this post, Clo…
In a little over two years, Clo Bare paid off $40k in debt and saved $150k for retirement. She got started on a five-figure income, and as her salary grew, she avoided lifestyle inflation and managed to make huge…
Welcome to Clo Bare’s Investing 101 series where we’ll cover the basics of investing to build wealth. Investing can be incredibly confusing if you’re a noob entering into the world of Exchange Traded Funds, Index Funds and Mutual Funds–…
Last year, Clo Bare budgeted for a whole year only to find out she was consistently going over budget by about $500 each month when she did her yearly review. How did she solve this chronic-going-over-budget-ness? She implemented an…
Understanding all the different retirement accounts is confusing as hell. What’s a 401(k) and how is it different from an IRA? Why is everyone so stoked about a Roth IRA and can I have a traditional IRA and Roth…
Not sure why your budgeting hasn’t been working so far, despite every effort to make your monthly budgets stick? Perhaps a yearly budget is what you need. In this post, we’ll cover what a yearly budget is, why it’s…
Tired of not knowing where your money is going and feel like you’ll never have the life you’ve been dreaming of? Perhaps it is time you start values-based budgeting. In this post, I’ll explain what the values-based budget is…
Let’s discuss how to save more money. I’ll also show the long term impacts of saving and investing early and often with as little as $25 a month. If you’re on the fence about cutting out your expenses just…
Your emergency fund is more important than ever before as we enter into uncertain times. In this post, I’ll debunk some bad excuses for not having emergency savings, teach you what an emergency fund is (and what it isn’t),…
Personal finance is tricky business. The pursuit of financial independence is not a quick one. It’s a goal requiring time, endless amounts of patience in managing personal finances and determination with very minimal rewards in the process. Sure, there…
Want to know what one millennial spends a month while living in Chicago, Illinois? Wait no further. Clo Bare shares everything she spent her money on in April 2021 by sharing her budget, her net worth and savings updates,…