Family
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Investing
What are the Best Financial Plans for Married Couples?
Truth is, viable financial plans for married couples can set them on the right path to attaining financial freedom. Unfortunately, many people seem to pay little attention to this aspect and end up having troubles managing their finances and achieving their long term goals. Instead, they indulge in their own way of handling money matters, which will likely not go…
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Budgeting
How to Save Money: For One Income Families
Perhaps you are a single parent doing your best to get by on one income. Or maybe your partner is in between jobs at the moment. Perhaps you are just finding it to be a challenge to budget and save each month. Regardless of your situation, there are plenty of ways to save money and eliminate the stress even when…
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Budgeting
Tips to Begin Effective Family Financial Planning
Every family needs a plan for their finances. This may not be possible without some sort of family financial planning. It is possible for a family to rely on individual ideas while handling financial goals. However, a unified thought process and collective decision making are essential for good success as a unit. Like 75% of Americans who handle their own…
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Budgeting
Where are You in Your Financial Life Cycle?
If you know where you are in the financial life cycle, you can then judge where you fall short and which skills you can learn.
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Budgeting
Raising a Financially Responsible Future Generation
A person's intellectual maturity and financial maturity are often mutually exclusive factors. The most financially mature individuals are raised in such a way that they grow up with a keen sense of financial priorities, often thanks to responsible parents.
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Budgeting
College Students: Why the Best Seasonal Jobs Are Around the Corner
At the end of each school year, many college students try to find seasonal summer jobs. However, November’s business activity was at its strongest point in four months. In addition, many retailers started hiring for the upcoming holidays during August and September. This suggests that the best seasonal jobs this year are going to be available in the winter. Working…
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Insurance
How Much Life Insurance Should You Get?
The realization of mortality affects people in different ways. Life events such as marriage, having children, and taking on large debts have a big impact on how people feel about what they are leaving behind. Many people have some level of concern about how they will be remembered. Will you leave behind burdens, debts, inheritance, or memories? Regardless of what…
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Budgeting
How to Budget When You’re Having a Baby
Deciding to have a baby is one of the biggest steps you can take in your life. You’re going to bring someone into this world who needs all of your care and attention. You’re probably feeling a mix of emotions – happiness, anxiety, fear, euphoria – all of these are completely normal and are a part of the process of…
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Budgeting
Communicating Your Budget to Your Family
Monitoring cash flow for yourself is an essential task that is easily complicated. When this task becomes managing the finances of an entire family it is much more challenging. In many families, monitoring financial situations is left to one person. One of the most important parts of this role is communicating the financial situation to the rest of the family.…
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