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More Financial Skills for Teens

April 18, 2011 by Justin

April is National Financial Literacy Month; I am continuing my series on financial skills for teens.  As a reminder, Financial Literacy is making informed judgments and effective decisions using money.  Decisions about spending and saving will affect your entire life!  Learning good habits regarding spending, avoiding debt and savings is very ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: Budget, Cash, debt, financial decisions, Frugal Living, Goal setting, Goals, information, Job Search, lifestyle, Money, Personal Finance, Planning, Savings

Financial Skills for Teens

April 11, 2011 by Justin

Since this is National Financial Literacy Month, I thought I would start with a definition.  “Financial Literacy is the ability to make informed judgments and effective decisions regarding the use and management of money”.  Why is it important and when should you learn it? ...

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Filed Under: Money and Children Tagged With: Budget, Budgeting, Cash, financial decisions, financial literacy, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Money, Personal Finance, Planning, Retirement, Savings

5 Important Financial Skills

April 7, 2011 by Justin

As part of National Financial Literacy Month, learn how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits.  The following are the most important skills that everyone should learn: ...

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Filed Under: Managing Money Tagged With: Budget, Budgeting, Cash, Credit cards, debt, financial decisions, financial literacy, Frugal Living, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Money, mortgages, Personal Finance, Planning, Retirement, Savings

Problem Solving 101

April 4, 2011 by Justin

April is National Financial Literacy Month and recognized in the United States in an effort to teach Americans how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits.  Problem solving is an important skill and can make a huge difference in your career and your life.  It is a process of discovering, analyzing and solving problems.  The goal is to ...

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Filed Under: Goals Tagged With: Career, financial decisions, financial literacy, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, Investing, lifestyle, major purchases, Money, Personal Finance, Planning, Retirement

Retired: Gone Wild!

March 24, 2011 by Justin

Whether you worked for a long time or just a few years, you finally made it!  You are retired, financially independent or just plain lucky.  The fortunate few that no longer have to work for a living are not sitting around just getting old.  What are they doing? ...

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: financial decisions, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Money, Retirement, spending

What Do You Need to Retire?

March 17, 2011 by Justin

Everyone says money! How much is enough to take care of you for the rest of your life?  Do you have a number?  Does it cover inflation, medical insurance and all your  “needs” and your "wants"?  Fidelity says you should have at least 8 times your ending salary! Whatever you think, you need to add ten percent!  Why?  You probably underestimated how ...

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Budget, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Money, Savings

How Do You Measure Success?

March 2, 2011 by Justin

Do you measure success in dollars and cents?  So whoever has the most money wins!  Many people admire the rich, because we want to be one of them.  Don’t you?  Of course you do, it certainly is one measure of success.  What does success mean to you? ...

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Filed Under: Careers Tagged With: Career, Careers, Goal setting, Goals, information, lifestyle, Money, Values

Inside a Millionaire’s Mind

February 23, 2011 by Justin

What do you think when you hear the word millionaire?  If you are a millionaire, you must have a big house, fancy cars and lots of money!  You may be surprised to find out that the vast majority of millionaires are just like you and me.  They work hard, live modestly and struggle like the rest of us with money. ...

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Filed Under: Managing Money Tagged With: Career, Careers, financial decisions, Frugal Living, Goal setting, Goals, information, interesting, lifestyle, Money, Personal Finance, Savings, Wealth

Rewards for Paying Off Credit Card Debt?

February 9, 2011 by Justin

I recently read an article called Win Rewards for Paying Off Debt in Kiplinger magazine.  The author writes about several credit cards that offer incentives to pay on time.  They encourage frugal behavior!  Let me translate for you, the credit card companies pay you to pay them on time.  Why would they do that?  What is in it for them?  I always ...

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Filed Under: Managing Money Tagged With: Budgeting, Cash, Credit cards, financial decisions, Frugal Living, Goal setting, information, interesting, lifestyle, major purchases, Money, spending, Stretching your Money

Valentine’s Day on the Cheap

February 7, 2011 by Justin

Do you have someone that you would like to acknowledge on Valentine’s Day?  Man or woman, this has become an important day.  What do you do, men?  The easy answer is order flowers, make reservations, pick up candy and a piece of jewelry.  What do you do, women?  You could buy things like anything sports, movie DVDs, candy or something personal.  ...

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Budget, Cash, Cheap, Consumerism, financial decisions, Frugal Living, information, lifestyle, Money, spending, Stretching your Money

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