A Guide To Owning or Renting Your Home

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Owning versus renting your home is a longstanding and often passionate debate. The reasons for owning or renting differ according to financial calculations and your personal preferences. Factors To Consider If you seek to own a home, do you prefer … Read More

Being Frugal When Saving Time And Money

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“Price is what you pay; value is what you get.” Warren Buffett I bristled when they called me a cheapskate when I was a young kid. It cast a dark shadow over me. We lived in a modest neighborhood in … Read More

Getting Stimulus Money? Spend This Money Wisely

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The third and possibly final stimulus check from the federal government is on its way. Most people will get their stimulus money via direct deposit to tens of millions of bank accounts. If you and your family qualify for the … Read More

Ten Commandments of Personal Finance

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We revisit ancient views of money on the ten commandments of personal finance from timeworn texts and stories. Surveying these words adds a different perspective on finances whether you are celebrating the upcoming holidays or not. There is a common … Read More

Tax Deductions And Credits For College Students To Save Money

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In the past 20 years, the cost of attending college has tripled and increased almost 8 times faster than wages. While public higher education is mostly a state responsibility, the federal government does incentivize continuing education through tax deductions and … Read More

10 Steps Women Should Take Negotiating Salary Compensation

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” No wonder women don’t negotiate as often as men. It’s like trying to cross a minefield backward in high heels.”  Sheryl Sandberg, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will To Lead” The gender gap remains in the usual places … Read More

All About The Personal Financial Statement

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By keeping tabs on your finances, you can create a secure and fulfilling future. That’s where a personal financial statement comes in. At its core, a personal financial statement offers an overview of where you stand financially at any point … Read More

7 Deadly Sins Of Investing And How To Avoid Them

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In Seven, the neo-noir thriller, detectives David Mills and William Somerset (played by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman) track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as a motif in his murders. Investing may not be as … Read More

How Do You Measure Your Financial Success?

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  I wanna be a billionaire so f**king bad Buy all of the things I never had Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen. Billionaire, Lyrics By Travie McCoy   … Read More

Saving For Retirement In Your 20s

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Saving For Retirement Yet? Savings, investing, and retirement are very related, yet the topic of retirement planning gets pushed off to the side. We fear dealing with the unknown, or we are neglectful. Instead, planning early and often for retirement … Read More