Financial Tips
We believe the key to financial freedom is staying informed and continually educating yourself on your financial investments, decisions, and life.
Below you will find some educational information and resources that we have compiled to help you on your road to financial freedom.
Five Things That Actually Get Better With Age
🏦 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 🏦 Planning financially for retirement can help make aging more comfortable Five things that economists know, but sound wrong to most other peopleEconomists have shaped the modern world in many ways. Governments make policy...
Past Debt Ceiling Fights & Market Performance
🏦 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 🏦 The Treasury announced that the U.S. hit its debt ceiling on January 19th Past Debt Ceiling Fights & Market PerformanceThe latest mess out of Washington is the fight to increase the federal debt ceiling. If this isn’t...
Tax-Advantaged 529 Accounts:
🏦 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 🏦 What families need to consider Many families look for every opportunity to make the most of their children’s college savings. Under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), paying for college and getting tax breaks...
May Brings a Nationwide Celebration of 529 Day
🏦 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 🏦 May 29th marks the nationwide celebration of 529 Day, an opportunity to highlight the many benefits of 529 college savings plans. As higher education costs continue to soar, many parents find themselves faced with the nagging...
6 Questions About 529 Plans
🏦 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 🏦 What parents need to know about saving for college - If you’re saving for your child’s higher education, you probably have a lot of questions besides “When did college get so incredibly expensive?” One popular savings tool...
Starting Young- Setting up a Savings Account for Your Child
🏦 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 🏦 One of the most effective ways to teach children about money management is by encouraging them to open a savings account. A savings account not only teaches children about the importance of saving money, but it also provides...
Unnecessary Spending
💲Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial💲 We've all heard the coffee strategy at some point in our lives, right? "You make your coffee at home for a year and you'll save x number of dollars." And while that sounds great in theory, it may not be the most practical...
Summer: Great Time To Teach Kids About Money
👧 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 👦 A four- or five-year-old child may seem too young to grasp the concept of money management, but even at an early age, children waiting in a supermarket checkout line can see that money buys things. Therefore, it is important to...
April is National Financial Literacy Month
🌷 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 🌷 Welcome to April! As you may know by now, part of our mission here at Viva is to help make financial literacy accessible to everyone. We believe a large part of financial freedom comes in being able to have honest, well...
How to Prepare and Invest in the Right Majors
Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial With graduation season around the corner, you may have questions about how to help your child prepare for and decide the best career trajectory. Here is some information on what to consider when talking about degree options....
SIlicon Valley Bank is The 2nd Largest Bank Failure
🏦 Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial 🏦 By now, most of us heard about the SVB failure. But what you may not know, is that the FDIC is designed for situations like this. Here is some helpful information about what it means and what to look for moving forward. ...
As Volatility Increases, So Does Retirement Worry
Wisdom Wednesday with Viva Financial Getting ready for retirement involves more than just calculating how much you will need and the rate you can draw down your savings. The years before you retire is a crucial time to prepare both financially and psychologically. ...