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Managing your income and expenses is foundational to a long-term financial strategy.
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How to make a budget you’ll follow
Why can’t I stick to a budget? Sound familiar? Here’s how to make a budget that is simple to keep yet flexible enough to adapt to your lifestyle.
6 steps to grow a sustainable independent career
Are you ready to leave the 9-to-5 world? Here are six steps to help you make the leap to self-employment and build a successful business.
Cash Stash Dash
How does your spending line up with your priorities? Play to find out.
Financial & Emotional Confidence Quiz
Have you ever wondered what the most satisfied and emotionally confident Americans are doing right? Take our Financial & Emotional Confidence Quiz to find out how confident you are today and what you can start […]
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In your 20s? Then start saving now
Chances are, if you’re in your 20s, saving for retirement is the last thing on your mind. After all, you may still be paying down student loans, and dealing with credit card debt. You may […]
4 tips to support your teen’s mental health
One in five teens today has a diagnosable mental illness. Here are four things you can do if you’re worried about a teen in your life who is struggling.
Creating financial wellness with what you’ve got right now
If 2020 shook your financial confidence, you’re not alone. Perhaps you or a loved one faced a career setback in the economic crisis. Maybe you or a family member got sick and ran up debt […]
How to gift yourself a debt-free holiday
Worried about Blue Monday? It’s around the time that holiday credit card bills arrive. Here are some tips for having a jolly and debt-free gift-giving season.
How to make a budget you’ll follow
Why can’t I stick to a budget? Sound familiar? Here’s how to make a budget that is simple to keep yet flexible enough to adapt to your lifestyle.
Gift giving: Spend less, enjoy more
Stressed about the cost of holiday gift giving? You’re not alone. In a recent survey of U.S. adults, 43 percent said they feel pressured to spend more than they can afford.1 Retail holiday sales touched […]
Financial confidence: Why behavior matters
If all it took to be more financially confident were to earn more, then people with the highest incomes would always be the most confident.
Financial strategies for the Sandwich Generation
An estimated one in seven middle-aged Americans supports both a child and an aging parent.1 This isn’t expected to change any time soon. The circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic added even more households to […]
How to spend again after saving
Katharine Hepburn famously said, “Without discipline, there is no life at all.” It’s certainly true with money: when people save, it brings life rewards. But sometimes after being on your best money behavior for a […]
Caretakers: Here are 5 ways to help make your well-being a priority
Studies show that now more than ever, today’s women are disproportionately responsible for caring for children, doing laundry, cooking and cleaning, despite many having full-time careers. What’s more, when compared to their male counterparts, women are also […]
Hindsight 2020: 6 ways we learned to save
During the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people learned to do more with less. Whether you’ve had to bounce back from job loss or spent weeks bouncing off the walls in quarantine, the pandemic experience included valuable lessons […]
Go back to school with as little debt as possible
Are you feeling ready to expand your career? Or maybe switch careers altogether? After you’ve been in the working world a while, it’s common to want more from your professional life. A lot of people […]
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