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Recalibrate Your Expectations

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When we’re younger, we imagine living a lavish, work-free life by 50. Then life happens; we only can prevent so much from happening as we age. It’s time to buckle down on a solid plan for your everyday needs. Saving is a great habit but should be something other than a priority at this point […]

Tips to Work Through Your Financial Stress

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Managing your finances can be stressful. It may seem like you never have enough or that your most of your paycheck goes toward paying your bills than savings account. While it can be difficult not to stress about money, it’s important to work on putting your finances in check so it’s not a constantly lingering […]

Save Early As Possible

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  Open up a saving account that accrues interest and is dedicated to solely saving for your child’s future. Fidelity Investments has excellent resources to help you plan how much you would like to put aside. In the beginning, start saving slowly; as your child gets older, increase the amount. This method will help you […]

Financial Habits to Develop now to Benefit you later

Establishing good financial habits is easier said than done. Having a lot of financial burden on your plate right now can make it seem impossible to see your financial future from here. If you start implementing good habits and making them part of your daily financial choices, you won’t have to worry about the future […]

Financial Tips from Current Retirees

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If you’re not sure where to even start when it comes to retirement savings, you’re not alone. Here are a few tips for current retirees to help you on your journey. Social Security Has Limits Most people assume their social security money will pay for everything. However, this is an incorrect assumption. An article written […]

How Much will you Need to Retire?

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With inflation on the rise, it’s difficult to say how much current economic conditions will affect your ability to retire when the time comes. One of the best things you can do to prepare yourself for success is to plan ahead. Here are a few ways to determine how much you should have saved in […]

College Jobs to Look Into

Like everything else in our world, these days, college tuition is increasing as well. Housing, food, and gas are not making it any easier. The days of going to college with a side job are over. Students need to focus on school but also help with all the debt that is racking up while they […]

Things to do now so you can retire a millionaire

  When it comes to planning and preparing for retirement, you are never young enough to start. For some, retirement can seem so far away but those people that are nearing retirement age can attest that time really does fly by. Rather than making time the enemy, why not make it your biggest asset? The […]

Retirement Doesn’t Mean You Are Done Working

When you hit the time to retire, what do you envision? Are you sitting on a beach every day drinking an ice-cold beverage? Or are you traveling the world and seeing everything on your bucket list? Well, that will be great for a while. However, there may come a time when you are using too […]

Financial Benefits of Medicare

Sixty-five can be considered the golden age because once you hit it, you don’t have to worry about all your retirement going towards health insurance. It’s hard enough planning for retirement and trying to decide how much money you will need to live off of comfortably for the rest of your life; and adding healthcare […]

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