Money Talks

Today is an Open Topic show. We’ll have some money finding, spending, and saving tips. Information about jobs and tax tips will also be given out. This is all between your personal finance questions and email. 

• Uncertainty - VIX is the ticker symbol and the popular name for the Chicago Board Options Exchange's CBOE Volatility Index, a popular measure of the stock market's expectation of volatility based on S&P 500 index options. Don't REACT but do REVIEW. Liz Ann Saunders on twitter. https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders
• Ryder's current book: The Price You Pay For College by Ron Lieber https://ronlieber.com/books/the-price-you-pay-for-college/
• Recycle and gift cards or coupons: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/target-amazon-4-more-retailers-200024608.html#aoh=16448433239452&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Ftarget-amazon-4-more-retailers-200024608.html
• Monroe County Job Fair – in Amory February 24th. Louisville-Winston County Job Fair is March 3rd. Neshoba County Job Fair in Philadelphia is March 9th. https://www.jobfairs.ms.gov/event-calendar
• St. Patrick's Day on March 17th. National Ravioli Day on March 20 and Pi Day on March 14.
• Discounts on winter sports gear, unsold grills and air conditioners, and tax software.
• MPB’s Java Chatman mentioned on Deep South Dining heard on MPB Monday’s at 9am. That the Girl Scouts are selling cookies a little differently this year. There’s an app now – Girl Scout Cookie Finder. With the pandemic the Girl Scouts have set up an app to give you the dates and location of their table sales at grocery stores and shopping centers. You can turn on the location sharing feature or just put in a zip code.  Apple App or the Google Play Store
• Have you checked for lost money lately? Treasury dot ms dot gov is where you can start your Unclaimed Money search.   https://treasury.ms.gov/ Or listen to our podcast: http://moneytalks.mpbonline.org/episodes/money-talks-treasurer-david-mcrae

Questions:

• Swiffer tip
• Transfer on Death
• Social Security information and tax filing http://moneytalks.mpbonline.org/episodes/money-talks-ssagov
• online banking
• savings for college 529 plans podcast http://moneytalks.mpbonline.org/episodes/money-talks-529-savings-plans
• contribute to church from IRA
• never filled IRS
• Set up account