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financial literacy

7 Savings Myths: Busted!

June 21st, 2010

While the rate of personal savings continues to rise in the US, pervasive myths about “savings money” continue to float around. This post busts 7 common savings myths.

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Time is Money: How are You Spending your “168 Hours”?

May 26th, 2010

If you haven’t heard of Laura Vanderkam yet – you will. My intellectual girl crush on Laura began back in August 2009 when I read her wonderful op-ed in USA Today, The Princess Problem.  I was gripped by her grasp on the odd conundrum that is the modern woman’s relationship to money and power. Immediately [...]

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Need Budgeting Help? Watch ‘The Joneses’

May 10th, 2010

Are you looking for creative ways to reign in your spending?  If so, here’s a tip I never thought I’d be giving you:  Buy a movie ticket… to see The Joneses. What I love about this movie is that it hammers home a point that noted positive psychology (that’s fancy speak for “happiness”) researchers such [...]

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3 Signs You are Suffering from Lifestyle Creep

April 20th, 2010

Do you ever feel like your possessions are holding you hostage? Or perhaps that you’ve bitten off more stuff than you can chew?  If you’ve ever suffered the pangs of financial indigestion, you may be one of the millions of Americans suffering from… lifestyle creep. What is Lifestyle Creep? Not to be confused with “Keeping [...]

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3 Common Credit Card Problems… and How to Deal with Them

January 11th, 2010

This is the second of two guest posts from the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), a non-profit dedicated to improving the financial literacy of all Americans.  I frequently get asked for unbiased web-resources for financial literacy, and am thrilled to be able to bring this great organization to your attention. NEFE operates the site [...]

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