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7 Apps to Teach Kids About Money

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The days of working hard to earn a buck aren’t exactly gone, but the personal finance landscape is certainly more complicated now than it was a few decades ago. 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.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. Akpan’s not just open with her family about finances. I could do it, too.’

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. Akpan’s not just open with her family about finances. I could do it, too.’

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. In her 2017 book, A Uterus Is a Feature, Not a Bug , she writes, “There’s something liberating about realizing that owning your motherhood could give just as many benefits in public life as denying it.” Women of all ages are launching businesses.

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Sophia Bush and Nia Batts are Used to Being Underestimated

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After launching an inclusive salon and accompanying philanthropic organization in Detroit in 2017, their next big project (they’re two of the advisors for First Women’s Bank) combines their decades of philanthropic and entrepreneurial experience. I think being underestimated can be incredible fuel.”. So go ahead. Underestimate them.

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6 Commonly Overlooked Tax Deductions to Maximize Your Return

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We have so much love for taxes because we get to help filers maximize returns and learn about their finances. Retirement savings Dr. Shatonya Rosie Thomas, founder of Thomas Financial Services in Garland, Texas, says this is the most overlooked tax credit “by far.” “The

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Kim Carson CEO, Founder, Parallax Futures With more than 15 years of leadership experience in research, operations, strategy, finance and business development, Carson’s track record stands out for clients. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Van Jones (CNN host) and was the festival production company for Newark Arts Festival (2017 and 2018).

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