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What Do Millennials Know About Personal Finance? Not Enough, Says a Recent Study.
Unemployment. Underemployment. Student loan debt. Coming of age during the Great Recession, many millennials are facing hurdles their parents never had to jump over. But they also aren’t taking control of their personal finances. Just 24 percent of millennials have a basic understanding of financial literacy, according to a recent report from the Global Financial […]
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How To Talk Retirement Savings With Your Parents: 6 Essential Tips
The topic of retirement savings isn’t untouchable. Here are 6 ways to effortlessly discuss smart saving with your parents.
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Teach Them Well: An age-by-age guide for teaching kids about financial literacy
As kids begin the school year, there’s one subject that’s missing from many of their class schedules, even at the high school level – personal finance and economics. According to the Council for Economic Education’s 2016 Survey of the States, only 17 states require high school students take a class in personal finance. Just 20 […]
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Budgeting For Baby: Hidden Costs of Going Back to Work
Budgeting for baby is best done when all possible scenarios are played out. Here are 4 surprising ways you can financially prepare for baby’s arrival.
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What’s Your Money Relationship Status?
Most of us juggle a lot of important relationships in our lives. One of the most important is our relationship with money. Do you know your money relationship status? How do you determine if your relationship status with money is healthy or in need of some TLC? Do you know what to do if you […]
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Rent-to-Own: How Your $700 Computer Can End Up Costing You $2,000
Most of us would quickly run the other way if a merchant told us they were going to charge us $2,000 for an item that is only worth $700, right? Our response, and rightly so, would probably be somewhere along the lines of “You’re CRAZY if you think I’m going to spend that much on […]
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Financial Freedom is Healthy: It’s Time For Your Checkup!
We all know what it’s like to get sick, and how to get better. Your bank acccount needs to stay healthy too, to achieve financial freedom. Here’s how.
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Could You Cover a $1,000 Emergency? Most Couldn’t!
Despite recent memories of jobs and homes lost during the Great Recession, study after study indicate that Americans aren’t socking away money for the next layoff, illness or car repair. So, it’s no surprise that a new study, released in May, reveals that most Americans don’t have the cash on hand to cover a $1,000 […]
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Paycheck In Hand? 5 Payday Habits You Should Develop Now
Here are 5 habits to develop each time you get that paycheck…
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Planning For Your Financial Future
Plan for your financial future If you’re driving to a place you’ve never been, you probably have a road map – or, more likely, your smartphone’s handy GPS – by your side. Along the way, you might check in from time to time, verifying an exit number or a street name so you don’t get […]