The 6 Best Pieces of Money Advice For 50-Somethings We’ve Ever Heard

Here’s the thing: A lot of people have already put these money secrets to good use. They’ve found hundreds of dollars in savings, secured their family’s financials and padded their bank accounts.

Now it’s your turn, 50-somethings.

Putting all these secrets to use is actually easier than you might think. We’re betting you can knock out at least three or four of these things right now — yes, even from your phone.

Go ahead and join the masses and get in on these money secrets:

1. Ask This Website to Pay Your Credit Card Bills This Month

Every month, you make payments toward your credit card debt. But you never seem to make a dent. It’s because of those sky-high interest rates — as much as 24% interest. It can feel impossible to get ahead.

But MoneyLion could help you find offers to cut your interest rate by 70% as soon as tomorrow.

Here’s how it works: MoneyLion can match you with new loan offers at a lower interest rate — as low as 5.20% APR*. That’s 70%* lower than the average credit card interest rate. And it’s the key to finally getting ahead.

You can use this new loan to pay off all your existing credit card debt, leaving you with one (cheaper) monthly payment that will help you get out of debt faster.

If you have a credit score of at least 620, you could get up to $100,000. With no collateral. And terms go up to 144 months.

Worried you won’t qualify? Take two minutes to check online and see if you could cut your credit card interest rate by 70%.

*Based on creditworthiness. Average credit card interest rate is 24.72% as of 8/14/24, according to Forbes Advisor’s weekly credit card rates report.

2. Cancel Your Car Insurance

Here’s the thing: your current car insurance company is probably overcharging you. But don’t waste your time hopping around to different insurance companies looking for a better deal.

Use a website called EverQuote to see all your options at once.

EverQuote is the largest online marketplace for insurance in the US, so you’ll get the top options from more than 175 different carriers handed right to you.

Take a couple of minutes to answer some questions about yourself and your driving record. With this information, EverQuote will be able to give you the top recommendations for car insurance. In just a few minutes, you could save up to $610 a year.

3. Become a Gold Investor (Even if You’re Not Rich)

The super rich already know how valuable gold is — that’s why so many of them invest in it. Not only is it extremely valuable, but it’s also been a historically safe hedge against inflation and volatile markets. Gold has even increased in value in times of instability.

Good news: You don’t have to be ultra wealthy to invest in gold.  A company called Lear Capital can help you through the entire process from start to finish. They’ll even give you a free gold investment kit.

Lear’s been in the precious metals business for more than 25 years, and has completed $3 billion in precious metals transactions and for more than 93,000 investors. Plus, you’ll get a 24-hour risk-free guarantee to review your purchase before committing to it. An expert from Lear will give you a call to talk you through the process. You’ll need to be able to invest a minimum of $15,000.

To learn more, head over to Lear Capital’s site to sign up for your free gold investment kit.

4. Get Paid Up to $140/Month Just for Sharing Your Honest Opinion

If you’re turning blue in the face waiting for a raise at work, it might be time to quit holding your breath and start speaking your mind to someone who wants to listen.

Brands want to hear your opinion to help inform their business decisions on everything from products and services to logos and ads — and they’re willing to pay you up to $140 a month for it.

A free site called Branded Surveys will pay you up to $5 per survey for sharing your thoughts with their brand partners. Taking three quick surveys a day could earn up to $140 each month.

They’ve already paid users more than $20 million since 2012, and the most active users can earn a few hundred dollars a month. Plus, they’ve got an “excellent” rating on Trustpilot.

It takes just a minute to set up your account and start getting paid to take surveys. Plus, right now, you’ll get a free 100-point welcome bonus just for becoming part of the community.

5. Watch Out For These Corporate America Tricks

From inflation to smaller packaging, corporate America is famous for finding new ways to get you to spend more money.

But here’s a way to fight back.

A website called Rakuten will give you a refund from just about every store you shop at online. Which means it can give you up to a 15% cash back every time you buy toilet paper on Target or book that flight home for Thanksgiving.

We talked to Denver resident Colleen Rice, who’s earned more than $526.44 in refunds since she started using Rakuten. For doing nothing. She just uses Rakuten for things she already has to buy, like rental cars and flights.

Enter your email address here to get started with Rakuten. They’ll pay you with a check in the mail every few months or deposit it to your PayPal account.

Plus, if you use Rakuten to earn money back within the first 90 days of signing up, it’ll give you an extra $10 on the first check it sends you.

6. This Free App Will Give You up to $1K in Free Stock Just for Signing Up and Funding Your Account

Inflation is doing a great job of making it really difficult to buy, well… anything. And that includes stocks.

Luckily, when you open a free SoFi Invest account and fund it with at least $10, they’ll give you free stocks in return — worth up to $1,000.

With SoFi, You can buy full or fractional shares of popular stocks, plus you can invest in exchange-traded funds — or collections of stocks.

If you’re new to investing, SoFi has automated investing tools to help simplify things. Plus, they won’t charge you any SoFi management fees.

It only takes a minute to open a free account and get started. Then, once you fund it with at least $10, SoFi will reward you with your free stock — which could be worth up to $1,000.

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*average expenditure $88/mo.