WHEN TO START INVESTING: PLANTING THE SEEDS OF WEALTH FOR A BRIGHTER FINANCIAL FUTURE Investing plays a pivotal role in safeguarding your financial well-being. It enables you to achieve your long-term goals, whether it's a comfortable retirement, your child's...
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’VE FOUND THE PERFECT PERSON AND YOU’RE GOING TO GET MARRIED. Since marriage is a partnership where planning needs to be a team effort, it’s important to talk about finances and to start looking ahead well before your wedding day. Your plans should...
When buying a home, several factors affect whether or not you get a loan and what your interest rate will be. The most important factor that affects your interest rate is your credit score. Lenders see your credit score as an indicator of how likely it is that you'll...
Sometimes paying off debt can feel impossible especially if you owe a lot, so what can you do? There are two common methods to help stay focused on clearing debt, the snowball and the avalanche. Let's start with the snowball method. First, list all your debts, such as...
When it comes to reaching financial goals, we're often our own worst enemy. The great writer Flannery O'Connor once remarked, "free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man." And that's true -- we are a collection of warring impulses, all...
You've carefully allocated funds for everything in your budget, and things are going beautifully – and then you spot it. That one item that makes you forget all about your other expenses and throw caution to the wind. It doesn’t matter if the desired item is a car...
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