Regardless of the numerous uncertainties that the future brings, retirement is one constant fact that looms in the distance. However, if you plan for your retirement well enough, then this period of your life may not be so uncertain after all. It’s not just enough for you to set your finances in order so that...
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How To Grow Your Investment And Gain Financial Independence
Everyone wants to achieve financial independence—that is to be free from the chronic and daily woes of having not enough money. While you can earn money by going to your 8 to 5 job day in and day out, some individuals choose to play it smart and invest. The great thing about investing is that...
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Four Naughty Credit Cards Spending Habits You Need To Fix
It is common knowledge that Santa Claus is making a list and checking it twice, that he’s gonna find out who’s naughty and nice. But that’s just for kids. Adults get into all sorts of mischief without the benefit of a jolly old elf to check in on them. Perhaps the biggest mischief adults get...
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5 Reasons Credit Cards Make Financial Sense
It’s easy to vilify credit cards as a means of racking up huge amounts of debt. Whilst it’s definitely true that UK consumers are often heavily indebted to their cards, they can still be useful tools to protect your finances and manage cash flow: They Protect Your Cash Fraudulent transactions and identity theft are rampant...
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Everyday Advice From The World’s Smartest Financial Minds
The world of investing can be scary to those who are new to investments or have had a bad prior experience. A person who invested in the Standard & Poor’s index of 500 selected stocks (S&P 500 index), a broad-based measure of the market, at the end of 2006 and who exited the market at...
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Money Advice You Should Ignore
There are a lot of financial “gurus” out there and plenty of blogs and magazines that offer the “best financial advice”, but a lot of them are just interested in writing an article or they are just misinformed. You may even have a close friend or family member who means well but just doesn’t know...
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A Simple Guide To Wealth Management
Managing your wealth can in fact be pretty difficult. So many people view the rich people of the world with disdain but maintain wealth is something that is a skill in itself. There are so many ways you can go about it if you have the initial capital but very few people actually know what...
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Popular Financial Myths Debunked
The Financial Educators Council reports that the majority of educators in the United States have no formal financial training or financial education and would not be comfortable teaching a financial literacy course to students. Most people don’t learn a lot of facts about money or their finances, which can make it really difficult to make...
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The Single Parent Financial Safety Net
At the risk of recounting anxieties here that are no doubt familiar to pretty much, anyone, reading this: times are tough at the moment. Being a single parent isn’t exactly a walk in the park at the best of times, but the state of the economy has further complicated the prospect of parenting without a...
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Top 5 Ways To Save Money
Saving money is something we’ve all needed to become better at doing in recent years. However, most people would probably admit that they could do more. With this in mind, we’ve taken a look at the top five ways you can save money, with some included that could even help you to make extra money...