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Best Places to Travel on a Budget This Summer
Summertime is family time. In the summer, the weather is fine, and the kids are out of school. It’s the ideal time to plan a family trip, but what are the best places to travel on a budget? Summer ...
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Deciphering the Types of Loans (A Quick Guide)
Wouldn’t it be great if you could pay for everything in cash and avoid debt? The challenge is that no matter how much ...
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Maximizing Benefits with Credit Union Credit Cards: Top 5 Perks to Consider
Using credit union credit cards well can lead to a world of rewards—but you need to know what you’re doing. While ...
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4 Steps to Smart Homebuying: Your Mortgage Loan Prep Checklist
The housing market has never been hotter. Mortgage rates are still very low, and coming out of the pandemic slowdown of ...
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Exploring Personal Finance Basics: Do You Know Everything You Should?
Understanding personal finance is an essential survival skill. No matter what your job or how much money you have ...
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Ways to Build an Emergency Fund Foundation
Emergencies are difficult to plan for, but there are steps you can take to prepare yourself, no matter what crises may ...
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Motivators for Planning for Long-Term Care
When you think about retirement, you also should start planning for long-term care. Even if retirement is years away, ...
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3 Ways a Youth Account Can Transform your Child's Piggy Bank
Money plays a crucial role in everyone’s life, so it’s no surprise that children start learning about money early. ...
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Why Trust a Financial Planner with Your Future?
Do you have a financial advisor? Not only should you have a retirement strategy and include retirement savings as part ...
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How to Calculate Your Home Equity Line of Credit
Homeownership can change your life in many positive ways—including giving you a way to build home equity. What’s home ...
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How to Claim Stimulus Checks on Your 2020 Tax Return
The deadline to file your taxes for 2020 has been extended to May 15, so there is still time to map out your tax ...
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Tax Planning with Dependents: Where to Start and What Not to Miss
Thanks to the pandemic, we have an extra month until we have to file taxes for 2020, so there is still time to refine ...
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How to Create a Financial Emergency Plan
You can never truly plan for an emergency. How many of us could have predicted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? ...
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Teaching Financial Literacy to America's Youth
Everyone strives for financial independence, but to achieve it you need to understand the basic principles of money ...
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Basic Money Management Skills for College Students
For many, college is the first time you are truly living on your own. You have to arrange your own meals, do your own ...
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Why People Love the Pacific Northwest: Outdoor Activities for Summer 2020
Summer is coming, and after being cooped up indoors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, you will undoubtedly want to ...
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What to Do If Your Identity Is Stolen
Technology continues to improve our lives and simplify everyday tasks, from shopping to banking. However, our digital ...
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Terms You Should Know When Buying a House
There is no question that buying a new home is stressful. It’s even more stressful if you don’t understand the lingo. ...
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9 Lucrative Side Hustles to Help Get You Through Tough Times
Side hustles have become a common phenomenon in the gig economy. More people are taking on extra work to supplement ...
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How to Save Money on a Low Income
We all have to start out somewhere, and most of us find ourselves short of money at some time in our lives. Whether you ...
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Must-Know Info on Scammers
It’s true. Scammers are using the COVID-19 pandemic to try to steal your money and personal information. If you know ...
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4 Steps to Curbing Financial Anxiety by Gaining Financial Wellness
Just as everyone has to take care of their physical well-being, they also need to take care of their financial health. ...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Stimulus Check
The COVID-19 crisis has had an impact on everyone, especially in the pocketbook. Stay-at-home orders and closed ...
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Four Community Resources to Help You Flourish
We Pacific Northwesterners are proud and resilient. As a community we tend to embody the credit union philosophy of ...
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6 Financial Literacy Activities for High School Students
You can start learning about personal finance at any age, but most people really start to worry about personal money ...
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How to Look out for Phishing
Cybercriminals are continually working on new strategies to profit from stealing your credentials and even your ...
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Financial Literacy Month: Resources for Improving Financial Literacy
April is Financial Literacy Month, so this is a good time to review what we mean by financial literacy and see what ...
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Ways to Prepare for Student Loan Payments
Student loan debt has become a fact of life for many college graduates. Many who are planning to attend college these ...
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6 Ways to Overcome the Travel Budgeting Blues
The family vacation is the highlight of the year for many people. It’s a time to explore new places and recharge. For ...
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What Does Financial Freedom Really Mean?
Worrying about keeping up with household expenses seems to be a universal concern, and many Americans continue to plod ...
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