Use Bookmarks for Banking — Never Log In From a Search Result

Phishing sites can look identical to your bank's login page. Scammers buy ads that appear above legitimate search results, using URLs that are one character off from the real site. If you search for your bank and click the first result without checking, you might be handing your credentials to a thief.

Bookmark your bank, brokerage, and any other financial site you use regularly. Always access them through your bookmarks, never through a search engine. This one habit removes an entire category of risk from your financial life.