Money

One of the keys to a sound financial strategy is spending less than you take in, and then finding a way to put your excess to work. A money management approach involves creating budgets to understand and make decisions about where your money is going. It also involves knowing where you may be able to put your excess cash to work.

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• Calculators

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  Enter various payment options and determine how long it may take to pay off a credit card.

  What Is My Current Cash Flow?

  Assess whether you are running “in the black” or “in the red” each month.

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• Videos

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  Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?

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  Would you guess that Millennials are effectively saving for retirement? Well, they are.

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  Learn how to harness the power of compound interest for your investments.

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