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Financial Management

Perspectives of Student Loan Debt

had this old picture spreading amongst my social media circle recently with the hashtag #occupystudentdebt. As you can see, it shows a lady who writes down that she initially borrowed $26,400 for school. Over the past twenty three years, she has paid back $32,700 as the interest rates on the loan has still left her

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Financial Management

Empowering Kids To Make Purchases With A Budget

I was thinking the other day as there were some stories on how kids simply don’t have a sense of value when I comes to money. When they reach to a point where they have to manage finances themselves it’s a little too late and will most likely make all the financial blunders you can

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Financial Management

Would You Pay More To Be Self Sustainable

One piece of news I read recently was about that Tesla Powerwall where it is essentially a way where home users can place this battery device into their homes where solar power can not only power the house but the battery can store any excess power for use when the sun isn’t out. The biggest

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Fast Food Takeout For Convenience or To Look Fancier For Events

One interesting detail that I heard yesterday was that just before the Mayweather versus Pacquiao fight was about to begin a lot of the fast food places were packed. Example, apparently there was a fried chicken restaurant with lineups stretching outside the building. Everyone obviously had the same idea of wanting to takeout food instead

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Financial Management

A Peculiar View To Undermine Money You Saved

Usually when you save money I would think it should be something that one should be proud about. In many ways too, with that success you should use it as confidence to be able to manage your money even better. Now recently I helped a family member save over $100 a month on their Internet

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Financial Management

Large Financial Safety Net Mentality

I was reading some articles today about how having a decent sized financial safety net can play a big psychological role in determining how well you manage money.  It’s like saying, if you had a safety net of $10,000 then you are apparently more likely to not want to splurge compared to if you had

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