Upgrading your money mindset

Upgrading your money mindset

Here we are 2 months into quarantine, and I find myself re-examining my life, trying to figure out how we can make this new reality as meaningful and joyful as possible. I’m going to get existential here, but what’s the point of everything if it’s not meaningful or making you happy?

What Are Your Life Goals?

What Are Your Life Goals?

In our intro to achieving financial wellness, we suggest getting started with three things to reflect upon.

  1. How do you feel about your current financial situation?

  2. What are your life goals?

  3. How does money fit into these goals?

401ks, maximize!

401ks, maximize!

Springtime is here and YOU can spring clean your finances. One of the easiest ways you can simplify your finances (and headaches) is to combine old 401ks from previous employers. Think of it like a transformer. One is great, but if you combine multiple together, that makes for a super powerful entity!

How to Start Your Emergency Fund

How to Start Your Emergency Fund

Having an emergency fund is a crucial part of your overall financial health. Let’s start with the basics, what is an emergency fund?

How to Manage Your Debt

How to Manage Your Debt

Welcome back to our blog series on how to be financially healthy! Now that you have a good handle on your expenses overall, let’s dive in a little deeper into one potentially big expense, DEBT. This may include student loans, mortgages, auto loans, and credit card debt aka consumer debt. Read on for 6 steps you can take to manage your debt.

How to be Financially Healthy (hint: start with your expenses)

How to be Financially Healthy (hint: start with your expenses)

Do you feel financially healthy? Wondering what that even means? Learn about how to get started in leading a financially healthy life.

How we're striving to make a difference at Good Capital

How we're striving to make a difference at Good Capital

In the past, we’ve shared our approach to sustainable investing, how we help our clients create change using their investments, and our impact as a firm. I wanted to take a moment to share what else we’re doing behind the scenes to ensure that your wealth is working to help create the future we all want to live in.

Greenwashing

Greenwashing

As sustainability efforts and environmental consciousness grows, greenwashing (and the social justice equivalent) follows. Here’s what it is and how you can spot it.

Where do you fit on the investing spectrum?

Where do you fit on the investing spectrum?

The idea of investing in good can often mean different things to different people both from a values perspective as well as from a risk/reward perspective. We wanted to share what the investing spectrum looks like as we see it, what kinds of options there are in the market, and where socially responsible investing fits in.

The future of capitalism: stakeholder capitalism

The future of capitalism: stakeholder capitalism

A growing movement has taken off and has called attention to how the old system of shareholder capitalism cannot survive in the long run. We’ve been seeing a shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism.

Q1 2021 Update

Q1 2021 Update

We hope this quarterly update finds you and your family well and in good health. There is a real sense of optimism as we emerge from pandemic fears and head into the spring and summer months. As we look back at the first quarter and forward to the rest of the year, we can identify three compelling themes.

It's proxy vote season!

It's proxy vote season!

It’s that time of the year you’ve been eagerly waiting for...no not tax season, it’s proxy vote season!

Why do we at Good Capital love proxy season? Because as a shareholder aka part owner of the companies in your portfolio, proxy voting gives you a say in company matters.

Five tips to make your tax season more enjoyable

Five tips to make your tax season more enjoyable

Mon, May 17th, may feel far away now, but getting started early will only help you to be extra prepared and feel extra confident about your taxes. That can make doing your taxes that much more enjoyable! (Taxes and enjoyable in the same sentence, whaaat?!?!) Here are four tax tips to help you get started.

Spring clean your finances

Spring clean your finances

Whenever spring rolls around, I feel the push to channel my inner Marie Kondo and clean out the house. This is also a great time to declutter and organize other parts of your life, like your finances! Here are 3 things you can do right now to spring clean your finances.

We stand with the AAPI community

We stand with the AAPI community

Many people have reached out in the past few days, for which I am immensely grateful. I haven’t known how to respond or what to say, so wanted to share my thoughts openly with you all.

Gender diversity and socially responsible investing

Gender diversity and socially responsible investing

The past year has exposed existing gender inequalities. We’re halfway through women’s history month and the articles keep coming on how the pandemic has dealt a harsh blow to women and their careers. What can we as investors do to push for gender parity?