Category: Financial Awareness
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How To Deal With Debt Collectors
When you are late paying your lenders, debt collectors will come calling. It is a surety, like death and taxes. Fortunately, you do not have to succumb to the high-pressure tactics of debt collectors. Instead, you should pay attention to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and flex your rights when the debt collectors won’t…
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How To Stop Cancer Harming Your Finances
When you are diagnosed with cancer, it instantly gives you a sense of perspective. You’ll realize that nothing is more important than your health. Still, it’s impossible to ignore the need to maintain your financial situation during this difficult period. It’s likely that you’ll need to accept some change to your financial status. Still, the…
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5 of the Most Common Retirement Mistakes People Make
It’s never too early to think about your retirement plans. Even people right out of college should think about how their money choices, saving decisions, and career paths affect their retirement goals. That said, it’s easy for people to fall into traps when it comes to saving for retirement and deciding on plans. To provide…
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Teaching Your Kids How to Budget? Here’s How to Make It Fun
For many teenagers, budgeting is a gradual study. They learn its importance when their parents are strict about giving them the same amount every week or month or simply unable to provide more. Regardless, the process tends to be a drastic eye-opener: they suddenly find themselves out of lunch money, or a few dollars short…
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7 Personal Finance Influencers You Need To Follow
Do you have any favorite personal finance influencers and bloggers? As a personal finance (and health) blogger myself, I have quite a few that I look to for inspiration and knowledge of the subject. After all, I realize I have so much more to learn. I consider myself a constant student of the subject. Also,…
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5 Great Tips For Kids Saving Money
Instilling money-saving tips with your children from a young age is essential. Habits form early on in life, and overall, it is important for kids to start understanding the value of money as they grow. While it is okay to treat your children now and then, if there is a certain toy or game they…
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7 Tips for Better Money Management
Managing your money can be one of the most difficult things you do if you aren’t a financial wizard or have a degree in economics. It’s very common to put off saving for retirement or for any accidentals that may arise because of bills and other current expenses. Millions of people live paycheck to paycheck,…
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5 Ways To Save Money On Your Health
The cost of healthcare around the world is rising and rising. No matter where you are, you are paying more, whether that’s for insurance, out of pocket expenses, eyeglasses and hearing aids – it all adds up. Usually, people will tell you to make savings in other places and not where your health is concerned,…
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4 Ways To Start Investing With Just $100
Investing your money is by far the best way to secure your finances, but a lot of people don’t do it because they don’t think that they have enough money in the first place. If you want to invest in real estate, for example, you need enough for a down payment on a house and…
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Ways To Save Money For Yourself And Your Family
Saving money is a necessary evil in life. If you want to have a financial cushion, your savings is vital to the success of that goal. Most people don’t have the proper teaching to conquer the financial challenge of successful savings, but there’s always time to learn. If you’re not sure where to begin when…