Your phone is probably your favorite gadget. You use it to talk to people, wander through Facebook, and play your favorite games. But did you know that you could use your phone to really help out with your finances as well?

If you want to start using it this way, check out these following five tips: seek out information about the financial market in general, use apps that you can download to help balance your basic budget, set up financial warnings and updates from your bank, use apps that work through positive affirmations with you, and use news updates to help with financial decisions.

Seek Out Information About the Market

Use your phone’s search function to learn about the market. By being able to research the truth, rumors, lies, or outright fabrications, you’ll be increasing your knowledge of finances as well as increasing your chances of making good decisions. Information did not used to be this available at any time so easily, so it only makes sense now to be a skeptic as often as possible whenever money is involved. [Read more…]