How Women Investors Can Rewrite Their Financial Futures
Women do it all — lead households, pay bills, run companies. But when it comes to saving and investing, advisors say there’s more women could do to ensure they’re better…
Tiffany Lam-Balfour
Tiffany is an investing writer at NerdWallet. Previously she was a senior financial advisor and sales manager at Merrill Lynch, and she spent nearly a decade in investment banking and investment management prior to advising. Tiffany has a finance and management degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and believes in making sound financial advice and guidance accessible to all.
Posts by Tiffany Lam-Balfour:
Is Market Timing Everything, or Does Patience Pay Off?
One timeworn piece of investing advice is to “buy low, sell high.” Sounds easy, but as a strategy, timing the market — anticipating when the market as a whole or…
Why Financial Advisors of Color Matter
During my seven years as a financial advisor, I often had two-hour phone calls with clients. Armed with my cheat sheet of English-to-Mandarin financial terms and Google Translate, I would…
How to Right Your Retirement Savings After Coronavirus Setbacks
The COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown upended our lives on multiple fronts. While enduring widespread unemployment and the economic downturn, many Americans leaned on their retirement accounts to help make ends…
Expecting Higher Taxes Post-Election? Consider This Investing Workaround
While campaigning, President-elect Joe Biden highlighted his plans to make some revisions to the current tax code. Now that the election has been decided, some people might be wondering how…
U.S. Treasury Bonds, Bills and Notes: What They Are and How to Buy
The United States and its economy have a broad reach. The U.S. has the largest and most active stock exchanges worldwide, U.S. dollars are frequently used in foreign exchange transactions,…
Best Tips for Saving for Retirement — at Any Age
The best gift you can give yourself this year? A more secure financial future. No matter what stage of life you’re in, it’s never too late — or too early…
Municipal Bonds: How to Invest Tax-Free in a Community
As you drive down a smooth highway or past that new, state-of-the-art stadium, you might wonder how your city paid for it. It’s very likely a municipal bond made it…
How to Invest in the S&P 500
For those would-be investors wanting to jump into the stock market but wondering which stock to buy, legendary investor Warren Buffett has a suggestion: Try buying 500 stocks instead. “In my…
Retirement Investments: A Beginner’s Guide
Advancements in medicine and technology are helping us live longer than ever before. But the prospect of living in retirement for up to 40 years — often the same time…
