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PinyoPinyo is the owner of Moolanomy Personal Finance and an entrepreneur with over 20 years of business experience. He has a strong appreciation for business management, investing, and wealth building. He has written for many online publications, including American Express and U.S. News.

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Articles by Pinyo

Dave Ramsey: Pay Off Your Mortgage Early or Not

Dave Ramsey: Pay Off Your Mortgage Early or Not

Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Early? This is an age-old question with no definitive answer. There are people who believe paying off mortgage as fast as possible is better, and there are people believe investing [...]

Is Term Life Insurance Right for Me?

Is Term Life Insurance Right for Me?

Okay, so I have walked you through the process of how to determine the right amount of life insurance coverage in part 1, and why whole life insurance doesn’t make good financial sense in part 2. [...]

Should I Buy Whole Life Insurance?

Should I Buy Whole Life Insurance?

In the first post How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?, I worked with my insurance sales agent on how much life insurance my wife and I need. One of his suggestions is to buy a [...]

How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?

How Much Life Insurance Do I Need?

Last year, I switched my car and home insurances to Liberty Mutual and started an umbrella policy with them as well. This move netted me a saving of over $1,000 per year and allowed me to [...]

Pay For College Or Make Them Work For It?

Pay For College Or Make Them Work For It?

Whenever the question of paying for college comes up, it seems to spark a heated debate. Some parents want to pay for it all, others are firm believers that their children should have to put themselves [...]

Investment Strategy, Chasing Performance, or Market Timing? Help!

Investment Strategy, Chasing Performance, or Market Timing? Help!

A while ago, I asked the question: how much should we invest internationally? Ever since, I came to believe that I am over-weighted in U.S. equities at 72% invested. I believe that my international equities exposure [...]

Beat the S&P500 and Earn Real Money at UpDown.com

Is it for real? Can you really invest $1 million virtually and earn real money with no fee and no risk attached. Apparently, it’s possible and people are doing it at UpDown.com. In fact, I’ve already [...]

ABCs of Wealth Building

At the end of last month, I discussed how the basic net worth formula reveals several money management insights. As part of that article, I started a little game where I ask my readers and other [...]

No Budget, No Problem: Achieving Financial Success without a Budget

No Budget, No Problem: Achieving Financial Success without a Budget

When it comes to budgeting, there are two main camps on this matter — either you swear by it, or you believe budgeting doesn’t work. For example, Nickel coined the term reverse budgeting and pretty much [...]

What is a Certified Financial Planner? An Interview with Ciaran McKeever

I have a secret desire to be a professional financial planner one day (well, now it’s not so secret anymore). Of course, this would take me in a completely direction from my current career. Because of [...]

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