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7 Apps to Teach Kids About Money

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A 2017 study found that disparities in financial literacy may account for as much as 40 percent of the wealth gap between those retiring with more and those retiring with less. The final destination in this digitized version of the classic board game is the yellow tile labeled “Retirement.” The Game of Life.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

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I want my financial future to be bright and to have no worries when I’m older and ready to retire. Cut up credit cards. This article was published in January 2017 and has been updated. I graduated from college, and I needed to start planning out my financial future. Brandy Jules , former SUCCESS staff writer.

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16 Timeless Truths of Financial Freedom

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When Jim came into my office at age 52 to see about retiring early, I was surprised. I fully expected to inform Jim and Sue they couldn’t retire early only to discover they were multimillionaires. That is, until the day I met Jim and Sue McIntyre. Jim had never made more than $55,000 a year in his life. They had zero debt.