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Secured Debt and Unsecured Debt: What’s the Difference?
Unsecured debt carries more risk for a lender than secured debt. Find out more about the two types of debt.
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4 Tips to Help You Pay Bills on Time
Missing bill payments can ding your credit score and usually results in a fee. Learn how to pay bills on time with these tips.
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Take Advantage of Holiday Food Sales to Save Money All Year
The headlines during the holidays often focus on how much we spend. But, this time of year also can be a great time to save – especially on food costs. To lure shoppers to their stores, supermarkets and discount stores across the country advertise big sales on holiday staples such as turkey, ham, produce, canned […]
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8 Ways to Save More Money, Even If You’re Broke
We’d all like to save more money. There are plenty of sites that will tell you ways to save money, but many of them involve tips that require spending money, like “buy a hybrid,” or “refinance your home.” What if you need to save money because you don’t have extra money to spend? We would […]
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How Saving Your Spare Change Adds Up
“Man cashes in pennies he’s been saving for 45 years.” “1.3 million penny collection turns into jackpot.” “Man cashes in 500 pounds of pennies he’s saved over 60 years.” Cash In Your Spare Change Occasionally, a headline will pop up in the news about a thrifty spender who has squirreled away an impressive collection of […]
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4 Ways to Save By Volunteering
Whether you’re collecting canned goods for a local food drive or using your computer expertise to develop a new website for an international nonprofit, your time spent volunteering is critical for your community and those in need. But did you know you can actually save by volunteering? Helping out and lifting up others, of course, […]
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6 Ways to Save Money At The Pump
A fill up at the pump is costing more today than it did a year ago. Gas prices, the numbers show, are on the rise. If you’re looking to save money at the pump, you are not alone! In late August, the national average for a gallon of gas was $2.83, according to AAA, which […]
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How Millennials Can Alleviate Financial Stress
A 2016 study from Payoff surveyed over 2,000 people and discovered that almost a quarter of respondents had PTSD-like symptoms due to their financial stress. For millennials, that number was as high as 36%. Many had nightmares of becoming homeless. With any kind of severe stress, responses like fear and denial, are common. That’s not […]
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Start Facing Your Financial Fears
Do you have financial fears? I recently read that it’s common for people to name some form of a financial fear as the thing that scared them most. There are many financial situations that make one’s heart beat faster and bring on mild feelings of panic. The “what-if” scenarios are the ones we tend to […]