Finance

How to Start Building Your Credit

How to Start Building Your Credit

If you go to get a loan, whether it’s for a car, a house, or just for personal use, you need good credit. Credit is a quick indicator of your financial trustworthiness. Pretty much every aspect of your financial life gets easier when you’ve got good credit. But if you …

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Planning, Deferring and Saving: Patience Saves Money

Planning, Deferring and Saving: Patience Saves Money

We all know what it feels like to get your paycheck after weeks of waiting, turn around to spend it on the things you’ve been dying to buy, and then run out of money days later. This paycheck-to-paycheck feeling is awful, and can make you feel like there’s nothing you …

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Saving for the Future, or Saving for Yourself?

Saving for the Future, or Saving for Yourself?

One of the easiest ways to fail to save money like you should is to frame saving in the wrong way. Are you saving for the future in a formless way? Do you know what your saving is moving towards? If you’re just saving for the sake of saving, you …

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Why are Millennials so Distrustful of Retirement?

Why are Millennials so Distrustful of Retirement?

Millennials, in general, are distrustful of saving money the old-fashioned way. Institutions like Social Security, the stock market, and even some types of savings accounts are generally not Millennial favorites. Why is this? Some have suggested that Millennials’ relative wealth inequality, when compared to their parents, is part of this. …

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How Frugal Living Can Backfire: Money Makes Money

How Frugal Living Can Backfire: Money Makes Money

When it comes to saving money, you need to do more than just save it all and put it under your mattress. Cash in a coffee can doesn’t accrue interest, and it doesn’t reflect on your credit as good saving habits, either. Frugal living is a good thing, but it …

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Players Who Bombed After Getting Huge Salaries

Players Who Bombed After Getting Huge Salaries

Among the irony of all ironies in sports, are the star athletes who are “red-hot” one moment, enabling them to command gigantic salaries, only to fizzle out as soon as the ink is dry. Here are five athletes who went from Hot to Not. 1. Alex Rodriguez Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez …

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Save on Fitness Equipment for a Better You

Save on Fitness Equipment for a Better You

Millions of Americans set goals to lose weight in the New Year and one of the best ways to do that is by having some essential fitness equipment right at home. The same time many of you are looking to lose weight, others are upgrading equipment or deciding they no …

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10 Ways to Save Money on a Gym Membership

10 Ways to Save Money on a Gym Membership

Don’t let the cost of a gym membership hold you back from your fitness goals. Here are some ways to save money on signing up for a gym membership, so you can get started on your fitness plan. 1. Use free trials from different gyms Not only is this a …

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