Money Lessons From 5 Favorite Classic Novels

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We often can’t see our own mistakes through our rose-colored lenses. Instead, we can see errors more easily made by others when we are less emotional. The same happens when we find colorful characters in fiction who make blunders we … Read More

How To Pay For College: A Family Guide

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  You got into your college of choice. How to pay for college? The latest student loan statistics reflect  $1.56 trillion held by 43.2 million student borrowers by an average of $39,351.  College education leads to higher income, job security, … Read More

How To Buy A Home With Bad Credit

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Is it easy to buy a home with bad credit? No, but it’s not impossible to do so. Before engaging in a search for a home, you should find and review your latest credit report and credit score. There is … Read More

9 Ways To Avoid Lifestyle Inflation With A Savings Plan

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Lifestyle inflation happens when our income rises, we increase our spending. Like a balloon that gets larger, we tend to spend our expanding pocketful of extra dollars. When we get our first job after college, we begin to earn money, … Read More

10 Ways For Women To Achieve Financial Independence

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“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.”  Ayn Rand   “Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be!”  … Read More

Money Lessons My Mom Taught Me

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My mom was hugely influential in teaching me my first money lessons and instilling good financial habits at an early age. The underpinnings of her knowledge and encouragement were invaluable and still are to this day. Coming from a prosperous … Read More

How To Adopt An Abundance Mindset

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“The mind is everything, what you think, you become.” Buddha Are our mindsets predetermined, or can we grow, adapt, and change? Your mindset matters greatly. You have the power to develop how your mentality.  How We Think Can Impact Us … 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

8 Financial Lessons Learned During The Pandemic

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“The meaning of intelligence is the ability to change.” Albert Einstein According to studies, it takes 21 to 66 days on average to change your habits in regular times. As a result of the pandemic, which continues, we needed to … Read More

Common Credit Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

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“No man’s credit is as good as his money.” E.W. Howe, novelist What is credit? Credit is defined as the ability to borrow money or something of value now with the understanding you will repay the lender later with interest. … Read More