So last week everyone lost it when they found out that Equifax had been hacked. It happened a couple of months ago, but they just decided to tell the rest of us. This was not a small hack, but it looks like over 140 MILLION people were affected. Important information obtained in the hack: addresses, birthdates, credit card numbers, names, and worst of all social security numbers. Many people on social media found humor in the situation and asked the hackers to erase their student loans. Unfortunately this situation is a lot more serious than a joke. With this information hackers can sell the information and that can lead to a lot of other problems. People can open up accounts in your name an

Whenever a holiday comes around it is the perfect time to re-evaluate your finances. To re-evaluate everything that has to do with your money. If you have never done this before and you have today off then it is the perfect time to do a financial check up. This check will help you get more control of your everyday financial life. Of course you can't get your entire financial life together in one day, but maybe you can get a big head start! Here are three action steps that you can take today during the holiday. 1. Money Leakage Our lives get so busy that we don't notice the money slipping through our fingers. Sometimes the leakage is our own doing and sometimes it is caused by others. Take th