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Track Your Actionable Net Worth Instead

Instead of tracking your complete net worth every month, try only tracking what you can affect directly–your “actionable” net worth, for a more complete short-term picture.

The Ideal Number of Credit Cards

Some advocate that the ideal number of credit cards is zero, and for many people, that’s just right. But if you believe that credit cards can be a helpful tool and want to use them, what’s the ideal number to have? I think it’s two, and they would preferably be different types (Visa, American Express, [...]