My daughter is choosing her high school courses this month. I can’t tell you how much this terrifies me. I want her to make all of the right choices. The scary part is that I don’t know what choices actually are the right ones. You see, she’s my oldest and I’ve never done this parenting thing before. I’m picking it up as I go along.
That’s the weird thing about getting older. There’s no magic eight-ball. There’s no manual. There’s no great big cheat sheet. You don’t generally know that you’ve gotten it right until you’ve made it through to the other side. That’s especially true when it comes to money.
The whole thing got me thinking: wouldn’t it be great if there really was a cheat sheet for getting older?
One targeted to finance? What if there was a list of what you absolutely needed to know about money written by folks who have already been forced to make those tough calls? So I called in the experts. The experts – all part of the Investment Team at Forbes – have chimed in to let you know what you need to know from choosing stocks to buying life insurance.
From taxes to employee benefits to life insurance and everything in between, here are the 100 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Money Before You’re 35:
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Taxes by Kelly Phillips Erb
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About IRAs & 401(k)s by Janet Novack
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Student Loans by Maggie McGrath
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Employee Benefits by Ashlea Ebeling
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Banking by Nick Clements
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Stocks by Steve Schaefer
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Buying A Home by Kelly Phillips Erb
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Life Insurance by Tim Maurer
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Credit by Lauren Gensler
- 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Mutual Funds & ETFs by William Baldwin
And yes, these #100 Money Tips are geared towards millennials but that doesn’t mean it’s off-limits to the rest of you. I’m guessing that nearly everyone can pick up a thing or two: I know I did.