Latest articles by Riley Adams, CPA
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When Online Investing Turns Deadly: Lessons from a Robinhood Trader’s Suicide
investing Gamification of financial apps can make investing fun, but unsophisticated investors can get in over their heads if they aren’t careful.
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How to Spend Your Stimulus Check If You're Broke
Making Your Money Last Keeping food on the table and shelter over your head are important, especially during COVID-19. Using your stimulus check for necessities is smart and can often be helped further by asking for penalty-free deferred payments on your bills and living expenses.
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Filing My Taxes Early Cost Me My Stimulus Check
taxes "A smart person learns from [their own] mistakes, but a truly wise person learns from the mistakes of others." Here's one CPA's story of how doing the "right" thing cost him and his family $2,400.
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A CPA's Guide to the New Later Tax-Filing Deadline
IRAs Wondering how the July 15, 2020, extended tax-filing deadline affects you and how to make the most of it? Check out this FAQ with CPA Riley Adams.
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Should You Do Your Own Taxes or Hire a Professional?
taxes Are you a prime candidate to go it alone? Here are two types of people who should consider doing their own taxes, and two types who should probably get some help.
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The 4 Most Common Retirement Mistakes Millennials Make with Money
retirement Luckily, there's plenty of time for you to recover from these all-too-common financial blunders.
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A Surprising Way 2 Millennials Fast-Tracked Their Financial Progress
savings Why one frugal family decided that moving to one of the nation's most expensive cities was the best way for them to get ahead.
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Millennials Want to Retire Too. Here's How.
retirement Yes, millennials have special challenges, but there's a way. Here's some tough-love advice on money and life for millennials from a CPA who is also a millennial himself well on his way to financial independence.
