The Explorer Hop Blog
Aug 8, 2022
The Best Way To Divide A Child’s Allowance Between Spending on Needs, Spending on Wants and Savings
One of the first money principles we learn as young adults (even as kids) is budgeting. We learn early on that we cannot simply just spend all of our money, but we must instead allocate our money across a few different areas. Today, our blog will focus on the best way to budget your child's allowance.
Aug 8, 2022
Here Are The 5 Richest Women In The World Today
With Women’s Equality Day tomorrow, and our company’s focus on finance and financial literacy, we wanted to take this time to shine more light on a specific group of people we don’t feel is represented as they should be - rich and successful women. Here are 5 of the richest women in the world in 2022.
Aug 3, 2022
Finance From A to Z: Week 8 (H)
This is entry 8 in our Finance from A to Z series. Today's edition focuses on the letter H: for Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs). This is a very important H in the world of finance. Come back every Wednesday to see the next entry in our series.
Aug 2, 2022
Here’s How To Get Your High School Students More Interested in Finance
World Teachers Day is this week, so we want to celebrate all of you educators! As an educator, you’re always focused on your students. If you believe that all kids should be exposed to the wonders of finance early in their read on to see our three ways to help you get your students more interested in finance.
Aug 2, 2022
Why 18 Is The Right Age To Start Building Credit
We’re fairly confident that, as an adult, you are comfortable with your level of money knowledge, right? Well, answer this: what is the youngest age you could possibly get a credit card? Spoiler Alert… 18 years old. In today’s blog, we will touch on just that: why 18 is the right age to start building credit.
Jul 28, 2022
Here Are Some Long-Term Benefits of Letting Your Child Learn How to Create Their Own Website
Let’s talk about being online. Your child likely spends most of their time outside of homework surfing the internet and we want to tell you that learning how to create a website has plenty of long-term advantages for your child beyond just learning the technical skills involved with doing this. Here’s three of them.
Jul 28, 2022
A Few Key Tips When Saving For Your Child’s Future
We all want to set our children up for future financial success, right?
Don’t worry, this is a safe space. You can tell us in the comments below if you really hate your kids… we’ll keep it a secret… shhhhh.
In all seriousness, here are a few key tips we wanted to give you about saving for your kid’s future.
Jul 28, 2022
Finance From A to Z: Week 7 (G)
This is entry 7 in our Finance from A to Z series. Today's edition focuses on the letter G: for Gold. Gold, particularly as an investment opportunity, is an important G in the world of finance. Come back every Wednesday to see the next entry in our series.
Jul 20, 2022
How To Know The Best Time To Sell A Stock
Welcome to part two of our miniseries on timing and stock trading/investing. If you haven’t read part one yet, please click here to read about how to know the best time to buy a stock. Following up on part one from two weeks ago, today’s blog will provide some tips and tricks on how to know the best time to sell a stock.
Jul 20, 2022
4 Value Stocks to Keep An Eye On
What are you going to get out of our financial literacy blog today? Budgeting tips? Nope, not today. More stock-focused content? Ding, ding, ding. In today’s blog, we want to continue our steady flow of stock trading content and showcase 4 value stocks you should keep an eye on as you continue or begin investing.
Jul 20, 2022
Finance From A to Z: Week 6 (F)
This is entry 6 in our Finance from A to Z series. Today's edition focuses on the letter F: for Financial Markets and Forex Trading. These are two crucially important F's in the world of finance. Come back every Wednesday to see the next entry in our series.
Jul 18, 2022
Finance From A to Z: Week 5 (E)
This is entry 5 in our Finance from A to Z series. Today's edition focuses on the letter E: for Education Savings. Undoubtedly, this is a vitally important E in the world of finance. Come back every Wednesday to see the next entry in our series.