New Year, Better Finances: How to Spend Smart
Most of us would like to have some extra cash in hand – especially post-Christmas, when it’s often difficult to rein our spending back to sensible levels. It’s a classic New Years resolution, but...
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5 Reasons Why You Should Look Forward To Life After College
Life After College: Downhill? It is repeatedly stated that university will be the best years of your life. But, never fear, life is not all downhill after 3 years in student digs struggling through...
Attention Millennials – Fix Your Financial Situation with Little Effort
You may be under-employed; you may be unemployed. It’s not much fun when you’d like to support a decent lifestyle – a social life, clothing, good food, nice digs, maybe teeth cleaning once in...
Personal Finance for Young Adults
Personal finance is often a tricky subject for people of all ages. As a young adult in your teens or twenties, it’s important to get a solid grasp of personal finance right now in...
Starting Your First Job? 3 Personal Finance To-Dos
The following is a guest post from www.nerdwallet.com Switching from paying for tuition and textbooks to watching your bank account grow with the income of your first real salary is an exciting milestone. But...
How to Stop Money From Consuming You
In their song “Awake My Soul,” folk band Mumford and Sons sang the memorable lyrics, “Where you invest your love, you invest your life.” That’s a powerful statement that reminds us about being cognizant...
What to Do With Your First Adult Paycheck
You’ve made it to orientation, figured out where the lunchroom is and managed to remember almost everyone’s names. But perhaps the most thrilling part of getting your first job is when that first paycheck...
What the New Overtime Policy Means for Your Wallet
President Obama recently announced new rules to expand overtime pay for many middle-class workers. In his May 16 announcement, the President said: “We’re strengthening our overtime pay rules to make sure millions of Americans’...
Understanding Your Alternative Finance Options
Have you recently found yourself in a financial sticky spot? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. In fact, reports have shown that a quarter of Brits don’t have a single penny set aside in...
How To Dig Out Of Credit Card Debt
Ten years ago I was thousands of dollars in credit card debt and it was getting worse by the month. Spoiler alert: I not only got out from under it, I started building my savings. Here’s...