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How can you teach your teen to evaluate alternatives and make decisions
How can you teach your teen to evaluate alternatives and make decisions within realistic financial constraints? Here is a story from...
parentsfin
Jun 22, 20221 min read
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Do you know how to create a budget now that you are partners?
Here is one story from Financial Essentials for Couples that may give you some ideas. “Maria and Manuel were diligent with having a...
parentsfin
Jun 20, 20221 min read
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Are you feeling stressed from high gas prices?
Inflation can take a real toll on your budget. For many people the gas bill has almost doubled, and they don’t know how to cover this new...
parentsfin
Jun 18, 20221 min read
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What do I do in this volatile market
The stock market, interest rates, and inflation have changed dramatically in 2022. The last period like this was in 1980 so many of you...
parentsfin
Jun 15, 20221 min read
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Do you know how to create a budget now that you are partners? Here is one story from Financial Essen
Maria and Manuel were diligent with having a budget, tracking it, and trying to stay within their budget. They had $400 budgeted each...
parentsfin
Jun 13, 20221 min read
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Budgeting teaches kids how to wait
If your child wants something expensive like a Scooter or bicycle, it is a good idea to have your child save for part of the cost. You...
parentsfin
Jun 11, 20221 min read
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Chidden can learn at an early age to track there spending
Teach your childre4n early to track their spending. Watch the video to see a simple table which shows how to keep track of a running...
parentsfin
Jun 4, 20221 min read
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What are some of the ways a couple handles bills and expenses?
There are varying approaches to sharing bills and setting up your accounts to make it easy to track where you are. One way is to open a...
parentsfin
May 31, 20221 min read
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How to incorporate finances into your child’s everyday life
Allowance is one of the best ways a parent can teach a child about money. It is really the first time your child is learning to budget....
parentsfin
May 28, 20221 min read
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Wondering what investments might keep up with inflation and be safe enough to invest in for your chi
If you use I bonds to help finance higher education the interest is federal tax-free. The additional benefit is flexibility if...
parentsfin
May 26, 20221 min read
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Do I really understand college loans?
ollege loans are very complex. It is important to understand what the final cost of the loan will be. You need to understand the...
parentsfin
May 22, 20221 min read
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The importance of starting a retirement account early.
The power of compounding means that every extra year that your money is invested can have a big impact on the total that you will have...
parentsfin
May 20, 20221 min read
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What is a trust and when should you get one?
A trust gives you a way to specify who should take over for you if you are incapacitated and cannot manage your affairs. If you have...
parentsfin
May 19, 20221 min read
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Why should your child get their first credit card at 16?
Did you know that landlords may require a certain credit score to rent their property? And that credit scores may be used to set interest...
parentsfin
May 14, 20221 min read
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What is risk tolerance?
Risk tolerance is how much of a loss you are prepared to handle within your portfolio. Your goals, investing timeline and comfort level...
parentsfin
May 12, 20221 min read
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You may have noticed that the stock market be very volatile this year
You may have noticed that the stock market has dropped quite a bit in 2022! Is this an opportunity to invest for the long term? Read...
parentsfin
May 10, 20222 min read
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How to incorporate finances into your child’s everyday life.
Allowance is one of the ways a parent can teach a child about money. It is really the first time your child is learning to budget. Based...
parentsfin
May 8, 20221 min read
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Have you wondered how to budget now that you are partners?
Maria and Manuel always argued about how much to spend when eating out. In Chapter 3 of Financial Essentials for Couples you can read how...
parentsfin
May 4, 20221 min read
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The importance of starting a retirement account early
The power of compounding means that every extra year that your money is invested can have a big impact on the total that you will have...
parentsfin
May 1, 20221 min read
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Emergency Fund? Yes, you need one!
Do you know what would happen if you had a major expense or lost your job? Saving to this account is the first order of business. Anyone...
parentsfin
Apr 28, 20221 min read
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