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MARCH 7, 2023
The rows of brightly colored candy, tabloids and magazines were closing in on me. Let me make a cashless payment by scanning my phone, entering a secret code or with my mom’s credit card. I was trapped. There was nothing I could do. The family of four behind me had no idea. Customers in other checkout lines were oblivious.
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MARCH 15, 2022
In every financial workshop, I hold with 20-somethings, there inevitably comes a point where someone utters the phrase, “But my dad said…” followed by: I should carry a balance on my credit card to improve my credit. TRY THIS: The app Acorns rounds up each of your purchases and invests the spare change.
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MARCH 24, 2022
Purchase that daily latte, advises financial expert Nicole Lapin. Throughout the book, she shares personal anecdotes and examples, such as how she painlessly eliminated a $5,000 credit-card balance. Write down your goals and turn them into an elevator pitch. That’s not her only unusual advice.
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OCTOBER 31, 2022
Americans increasingly pulled out their credit cards to pay for a whole slew of more-expensive goods and services, which resulted in the biggest surge in credit card debt in more than 20 years. As you think about your personal finances heading into 2023, credit card debt should be top of mind.
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AUGUST 2, 2021
We are often told by personal finance experts that money should only be viewed as a tool to reach our goals, with no emotions attached to it. With that feeling comes a sense you can never reach your financial goals. Remember that you are more than your mistakes. Most of us have repeating patterns that appear. Determine the facts.
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OCTOBER 10, 2021
Every January, we would find ourselves with a large credit card balance and would have to adjust our goals to make up for it. As much as we love nice things, we made faster progress toward our financial goals when we realized that those little upgrades are not just one-time expenses. Start with a Percentage.
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DECEMBER 28, 2021
Depending on your goals and financial situation , you may consider allocating a few percentage points of your portfolio to some of the riskier, more volatile investments, with the remainder in more proven, stable investments. This article originally appeared in the January/February 2022 Issue of SUCCESS magazine.
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