Key Takeaways Focus on 1 or 2 causes where you want to make an impact. Make sure your donation will go to a qualified charitable organization with little spent on overhead. Consider…
How To Hack Charitable Giving
What We Measure, We Can Improve
Training for the Olympic Trials marathon, I used to key in on a few stats: miles logged, pace, elevation gained, and heart rate, to name a few. I used to keep a log in a Google spreadsheet…
Personal Capital Raises $50 Million to Accelerate Industry Change
“The times they are a changin’” sang Bob Dylan in 1964. A year later, Intel’s Gordon E. Moore documented that computing power grows exponentially, doubling every two years in what…
Forget A Book Club: How Your Friends Can Help You Save Money
Meghan Martin is celebrated as a rock star in Personal Capital’s Denver office. She’s been responsible for hiring most of the advisory team, helping to grow the office to nearly…
The Top 5 Fall Home Maintenance Projects For The Best Returns
The following is a guest post from Andrea Davis from HomeAdvisor, a company that helps find homeowners home improvement pros. Before winter arrives, you should think about the crucial…
Detect Financial Fraud Using Personal Capital
James Prister has been using Personal Capital for over a year. Recently, upon logging into his Personal Capital app for a routine check-in on his money, he noticed a few transactions on his…
Stock Options or RSUs? Your Equity Compensation Primer
Given the rise in popularity of equity as a form of employee compensation – and thus, as a portion of American’s wealth – we decided to compile and publish an overview of the basics…
Real Data Suggest Gender Biases in Investing
We took a look at the Personal Capital user base to see how whether the oft-cited fact that women are less risk tolerant than men holds true for our users. Our data set reveals the…
Is Your Investing Strategy on Track?
Is your investing strategy on track? Sign up here to use Personal Capital’s free Investment Checkup to see for yourself. Risk and return. They’re the fundamental units of measure…
What it Means to be a Millionaire at Retirement
The question for working Millennials is no longer how to become a millionaire. It’s why you’ll need at least $1 million to retire comfortably. And if you plan to retire by the age of 65,…
