05/19/2012

Back-to-School Budget Tips

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With the new school year at out heels, I’ve decided to share this post I created last year to help parents stay on budget. Are you looking for ways to save on school supplies and clothing this year? Check out these 5 tips that may help you stretch your dollar. 1.Take an inventory of what [...]

AARP Sponsors a New Online Personal Finance Community, LifeTuner.org, to Engage Young Adults In Financial Conversations

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AARP‘s LifeTuner program released a survey demonstrating money and finance as the biggest concern in the lives of young adults and the negative impact it might have on their financial futures due to their unwillingness to discuss the matter with friends and family.  The report, titled “Personal Finances: The Final Frontier of Social Media,” was [...]

Where’s Your Money Going?

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With the holidays right around the corner, I as well as many others have thought about what, who, when and where our dollars and cents will be going to. So with that in mind, I wanted to share some helpful personal finance tips that may give you an AHA! moment and get you on track [...]

Consumers Expected to Cut Back This Holiday

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With the uncertainty of our current economic state and as the 2009 holiday shopping season kicks off, many consumers will be holding on to their pocketbooks a little tighter and spending less.  According to a new Consumer Reports Holiday Shopping Poll, 65 percent of Americans are planning on cutting back on all of their holiday [...]

Educating Children About the Economy

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place of our own logo With back to school about set to begin and the holidays just around the corner, many working class families are either losing or having difficulty obtaining employment. Many are also finding it very hard to make ends meet while trying to keep things together for the sake of their family.

As parents we want to protect our children but what do we do when faced with such an issue and how do we speak to our children about it?…

The Money Talk…

PBS has taken their show, A Place of Our Own and created a series regarding the economy and how to speak to our children about the subject matter…

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