Derek Silva
Personal Finance Expert, Policygenius
Derek is a staff writer at Policygenius in New York City. He has written about multiple personal finance topics in the past, and his work has been covered by Yahoo Finance, MSN, Business Insider and CNBC.
Articles by Derek Silva
Taxes
- A guide to your estimated taxes
- What is adjusted gross income?
- How mileage reimbursement works
- The student loan interest deduction
- The most common types of taxes
- What is a tax extension and should you file one?
Banking
- How to fill out a money order
- How to get a cashier’s check & what to use them for
- How to void a check
- Savings calculator: how much will your savings grow?
- What are no-penalty CDs?
- What is a certified check?
- What’s the highest credit score & how do I get it?
Health Insurance
Disability insurance
Investing
- How to use the year-over-year (YoY) calculation to track the growth of an investment
- How to pick stocks: when to invest, what to invest in, and how
- How to invest in penny stocks & why you might want to
- SEP IRAs: How do they work & are they worth it?
- SIMPLE IRAs: how they work & how to open one
- What is the rule of 70?
- What is a 401(k) and how does it work?
- What is operating income?
Loans
Mortgages
- How to pay off a mortgage in 5 years
- What are balloon mortgages & should you ever get one?
- Wraparound mortgages: how they work & why you might get one
Retirement and estate planning
- Your complete estate planning checklist
- Your complete guide to estate planning
- Finding an estate planning attorney
- How to start a charitable trust
- What is a family trust?
- What is a fiduciary?
- What is a joint will & should you use one?
- What is a pension?
- What is a trustee? What do they do?
- What is estate tax?
- What is inheritance tax?
- What is tenancy at will?
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