Allison Kade

About Allison


Allison Kade is the deputy editor at LearnVest. Her writing has appeared in publications like Real Simple, MainStreet from TheStreet, Boing Boing and SeattlePI, and she has been featured in The Washington Post and ABC News. In her free time, she enjoys solving puzzles (particularly on www.themastertheorem.com), drinking a wide assortment of tea and writing yet more: Her fiction has appeared in the literary magazines Annalemma, Fractured West, Underground Voices and 322 Review. She'd rather spend money on travel or really good food than on actual stuff. This is New York, after all—there’s nowhere to put it.Follow Allison Kade on Twitter: @amkade

Posts by Allison Kade

The Best Time to Buy Airline Tickets for Every Occasion

Our expert source gave us the inside scoop on ways to save on plane tickets as well as the breakdown of when exactly to buy tickets for every occasion. More

How Do Your Finances Compare to the Average LearnVester’s?

To remind you how unique each of you is—and how universal many of our financial goals are—we created an infographic with the average LearnVester’s spending. More

8 Things You Think Are Good for Your Money … That Aren’t

There are a number of things that sound like good things for your money, and make you feel like you’re saving more, when they’re having the opposite effect. More

From Google to News Corp: Privacy Scandals, and What They Mean for Us

Corporations hacking into our voicemail and taking our passwords? Find out who did what, why they did it and what it means for you. More

Warren Buffett Has Cancer: His Legacy, the Future and What We Can Learn

Warren Buffett announced that he has stage 1 prostate cancer. We’ll examine his legacy, and what we can learn from his investing style. More

Instagram, Spain Debt and Warren Buffett: Shouts and Murmurs in the Market

We examine Warren Buffett’s impact on investing and tell you how to not get infected with “do-nothing syndrome” from information overload. More

10 Things Moms Can Do in 10 Minutes (for Their Finances)

The longer we put something off, the more we continue to put it off. Luckily, you only need ten minutes to accomplish any one of these ten things for your finances. More

Secrets of an SAT Tutor: Make Your Child a Better Test-Taker

Whether your kid is 5 or fifteen, chances are he has a future of testing in front of him. With these tips, your kid can be a great test-taker, sans expensive tutor. More

8 Ways to Make Your Own Career Luck

Is luck found … or made? These people were in the right place at the right time, and you can be, too. More

Is SAT Tutoring Worth the Cost? A Long-Time Tutor Speaks Out

SAT classes are no longer the purview of the rich or the overachieving. But does expensive SAT prep (classes & tutoring) really help? More