There are seven financial sins that will keep you broke. Taken to excess they can even make you poor. Broke is a state of mind while poor is a condition of poverty. Broke is being deeply in debt but still getting a $8 coffee while being poor is not being able to buy groceries when […]
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Everyone knows Warren Buffett is one of the richest people in the world and the greatest investor of all time. What few people know is that he is also a master of his personal finances. He is an unusual billionaire as he has always enjoyed intellectual pursuits over material possessions. He prefers simplicity and an
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Minimalists are people that enjoy having the bare minimum of things in their life. They love an easy life that’s focused on doing what they love. They don’t feel like it’s a sacrifice, they hate clutter, wasting time, the upkeep and maintenance on cars, homes, boats, motorcycles etc. They like living spaces that are easy
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There are many levels of personal finance with the lowest levels being broke, being deeply in debt, and bankrupt. Being bankrupt means you can no longer pay your debts and must seek the courts protection and settle with your debt collectors. Being deeply in debt means that all your earnings go to debt payments each
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There are rules for making money, losing money, holding on to money, and growing money. There are principles for practicing medicine or law and a framework of rules for success, the same applies to finance. There are strategies for winning at sports or in business and there are also ways to win at money. Here
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How much you need to have saved by age should be based on your own goals. The most common filter used for projecting how much you need to save is based on retirement, having enough money to draw from after you quit working a job. Historically this has been saving ten times your annual income
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When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack was interviewing Helaine Olen he said that “The financial advice most people actually need is common sense and simple enough that it would fit onto a 4-by-6 index card.” “I started getting emails saying, ‘Where’s the index card?’” Pollack explains. So even though it had more of a
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People that are financially successful tend to all use a budget to manage their monthly bills. Even the ones that don’t use a budget have the self discipline to control their spending within the parameters of what their income allows. A budget spends all of your monthly household income on paper before the month begins.
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Money doesn’t bring happiness in itself, it’s the time, freedom, and experiences money buys that brings happiness. Money can’t solve all your problems but it can solve all your money problems. Money doesn’t change you, it just amplifies who you already are. If you are greedy you will just be more greedy, if you are
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Net worth is calculated by the total value of every asset that an individual owns subtracted by all their liabilities. Net worth can vary greatly over someone’s lifetime based on where they are in their financial journey. College graduates can even start out with a negative net worth as they have a degree but no
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