Posts in the "Money 101" Category

• How Much Does Your Job Cost?

  Money 101
  

  The start of any new year always brings about reflections and resolutions. Gym memberships go up all over the country and people start really examining details in their lives. About 76% will look at their jobs and try to assess how they really feel about their current status at work.

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• Looking In The Rear View Mirror

  Money 101
  

  It’s that time again. Time to look back and reflect. Was it a pretty straightforward and easy road? Or were there more road bumps than expected?

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• Comparison Shopping: The Good Kind

  Money 101
  

  We recently talked about why comparisons are a sure fire way to distract you from your goal. Looking left and looking right, it makes it downright dangerous to be proceeding anywhere.

  But comparing and contrasting different things can also have beneficial outcomes, especially when deciding where to place your savings for college tuition.

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• What A Nerd!

  Calculators
  

  During my scholastic life I had a knack for defying stereotypes. I was always proud that I was never who people expected me to be nor did I have the characteristics they expected me to have. I was unique.

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• Held Hostage in the Movies

  Money 101
  

  So imagine yourself as a vibrant young adult hanging out where ever it is cool young people hang out nowadays. Is Starbucks still in? Or is it Coffee Bean? Anyway, you get a call and it’s Dr. Evil on the other end. Yup, Dr. Evil. He says that he is holding your retirement hostage.
  “How much?” you ask.

  “ONE MEEELYON DOLLARS!!!!!”

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• In Case of Emergency, Break Piggy Bank

  Money 101
  

  This Little Piggy…

  Everyone knows that an emergency fund is necessary for financial success what not everyone knows is that creating an emergency fund is more than just putting money away.

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• Let’s Play A Game

  Money 101
  

  What Would Happen If…?

  Imagine yourself driving down the road during a rain-soaked evening just like the ones we have had here in Southern California for the last three nights when suddenly another car skids and hits you right on the passenger side. What would you be thinking of first after a long list of bad words?

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• Running On A Financial Treadmill

  Money 101
  

  Who likes exercise?

  Except for the first two months of every year, enthusiasm for exercise falls toward the bottom of most peoples to-do list. And financial fitness? That does not even make it on the resolution list and people seem to be totally oblivious to it and/or just plain do not care. But a lot more people are on treadmills than they realize.

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