Sarah Catherine Gutierrez

Freelance Finance Columnist

Recent stories by Sarah Catherine Gutierrez

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: It’s OK to spend less on wedding My kids love a show called "Avatar" whose superheroes bend air, water, fire, and earth to their will. If you haven't seen it, imagine the waterbending superheroes parting water like Mose... May 8, 2022

Tame brain way to ease money pain I recently saw a quote from Dr. James Dahle, aka "The White Coat Investor" where he mused "How do you go broke on $250,000? Spend $250,001."Yep. In my paycheck-to-paycheck life pos... April 10, 2022

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: Money is servant of time in strategy to Save Yourself Dear "Save Yourself" readers, I am excited to let you know that this column is moving to the second Sunday of every month.In a reductive sense, Save Yourself is a financial column. Sure, fro... March 29, 2022

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: Learning legalities of car ownership is rite of ‘adulting’ One imagines the classic rites of passage where young people are sent out into the wild, facing fears and self-doubt, navigating the uncertainty of their surroundings, and then returning as adults.Whi... March 22, 2022

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: Time to get on top of spending before it’s on top of you Last week we got the inspiration to stay the course in our budgets, to adapt them to our changing circumstances. My grandmother, a representative of children of the 1930s Depression, as measured by a ... March 15, 2022

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: Live, don’t suffer, below your means and joy will follow It's time for budgeting. Inflation is getting us. I feel it, and chances are you feel it. Inflation is making us all feel like we make less money, and that's because we can't buy the same ... March 8, 2022

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: When stocks fall, think about saving or doing nothing So the stock market has taken a small tumble. What now? Could it take a bigger tumble? Could it rocket to the moon? The real question you might be asking yourself is, "What should I do with my in... March 1, 2022

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: Owe? No! declare those discovering life after debt It's Valentine's Day week and time for cheesy romcoms or, really, any movie with Tom Cruise in it. Also happening in my life is that I just returned home after speaking at the White Coat Inves... February 15, 2022

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: Advising family on finances? First, ask three questions Last week I had THE question that comes up over and over and over. It's a question I find myself pondering from time to time. While the specifics change, it is a version of:How can THEY afford THA... February 8, 2022

OPINION | SAVE YOURSELF: Children score As on their first stock market lessons My goal as a parent is to get my kids to say no to drugs, cigarettes and internet meme stocks.On the latter, I am finding it difficult to type out this column with my fists pumping so hard in victory ... February 1, 2022