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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. Children are observers, and as they watch mom and dad make purchases at the store, ...
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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 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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How to Have Confidence in Your Retirement Investing Strategy
There are many ways to save for retirement. When choosing how to save, you want your retirement savings to be secure ...
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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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Work-from-Home Tax Deductions to Consider
These days there is nothing novel about working from home. Since the pandemic began, 88% of organizations have mandated ...
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4 Top-of-Mind Retirement Planning Tips to Know Now
When balancing the household budget every month, how much are you setting aside for retirement? Retirement planning ...
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How to Make It as a Freelancer
At the risk of sounding like an overly cheesy motivational speaker, we all deserve the opportunity to pave our 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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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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Travel Budgeting: Keeping Your Vacation Within Budget
Many people love making travel plans. They think of an exotic destination or a dream trip and then start planning, ...
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How to Save Money on Necessities
Do you maintain a household budget? Everyone should, but only one-third of Americans actually keep a formal budget. Not ...
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5 Tips for Keeping Your Family Vacation on Budget
Everybody needs a break, and taking a vacation is a great way to get away from your routine and refresh your batteries. ...
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How to Grow Your Savings and Make a Living in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon, is a great place to live and work. U.S. News & World Report ranked Portland No. 8 among the best ...
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Checking and Savings Account Advice for Small Businesses
Every business runs on cash, so every business should have both a checking and a savings account. However, you don’t ...
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Budgeting for a Baby
There is no question that having a baby is an exciting time for the entire family. It is also a time for careful ...
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How to Grow Your Savings Before House Hunting
If you have been thinking about buying a house, it’s never too early to start saving. Most home sales require 20% of ...
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Budgeting for a Home Remodel Project
Whether you just purchased a new home or have been living in your house for some time, there is always something you ...
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8 Savings Tips for the New Year
The New Year is the time of resolutions. Whether it involves living a more healthy lifestyle, losing weight, or saving ...
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Travel Budgeting: The Most Affordable Places to Travel in 2019
Everyone needs to take a vacation once in a while, and most families want to get away from home. Traveling to exotic ...
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Six Festive-Yet-Frugal Holiday Budget Strategies
Many Americans tend to overspend toward the end of the year in the name of holiday festivity and cheer.
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Budgeting on Your Starting Salary
When you get your first real job and earn your first paycheck, you suddenly are faced with the prospect of managing ...
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Tips on Building a Family Budget
Is life really cheaper by the dozen? It seems the only case where that saying is true is at the grocery store when ...
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Retirement Planning in Your Twenties
Do you remember being 10 years old, seeing adults walk by, and thinking, “Man, they look so put together. They must ...
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Tips on Budgeting Your Dream Wedding
OMG, you’re engaged! A million thoughts must be going through your mind right now. From the catering menu to the guest ...
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What It Takes to Switch to a Credit Union
Welcome to the credit union movement. Back in the day, when big banks roamed the earth, member-owned financial ...
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6 Financial Apps You Should Be Using
Whether or not you’re on board with the trend, technology is taking over. This is the age of iPads, iPhones, Androids, ...
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You've Reached the Point of Financial Independence. Now What?
Well, this is awkward. Normally we’re used to guiding members to reach certain financial goals. It’s rare that ...
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Start Saving for Your Summer Trips
January crawled by so slowly, but surprise! Summer is right around the corner. Have you started saving for your summer ...
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