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The Saving Secret Worth $366,000

The I Hate to Save-Kick in the Butt Latest news just in from Sun Trust Bank Survey: “Many higher income households are living paycheck-to-paycheck” We are notoriously bad at imagining our future. In fact I remember playing with my Great Aunt as an 8 year old and thinking, “I’m never going to be this old, ever”. Then I remember thinking about how old I’d be when the new millennium came, and the same thought reoccurred, “I’ll never be that old”. This inability to image the future is a bit probl…

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3 Behavioral Finance Tips – Stop Stealing From Yourself

Use Behavioral Finance to Build Wealth When you spend money on things that you don’t need, you are stealing from yourself. This may seem like obvious advice to some, but if we take a quick look at the consumer-driven society we live in, it is clear that this is exactly what all the stores want us to do: we have opportunities to open credit cards at every major clothing store (which doesn’t help you make the most of your credit cards!); we are pressured to buy the newest electronics whenever a…

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Personal Finance Lessons – Part 1

Want to become inspired to improve your money life? Read about influencers who are changing the financial literacy and education landscape. Long term investors know that trying to beat the market is a fool’s game because the market always reverts to its mean. So if I could teach the kids to start early, and be happy with the historical average of around 8.5% return, then by the time they were older and had a family, they would thank me. And since long term buy-and-hold investing isn’t necessa…

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Frugal Confessions’ Amanda Grossman Tells All

Personal Finance Luminary Series Do you wonder how some people just seem more “money smart” than others? Do you know people who don’t make any more money than you do, but seem to live without money stress? There are those who seem to have the key to smart money management, living well, avoiding debt, and knowing the ways to avoid common money pitfalls. Amanda Grossman of the popular website, Frugal Confessions explains her “frugal decadence” money strategy. If you don’t learn something and be…

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