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One of the unfortunate side effects of owning your own vehicle is the sense that your transportation is “free.” After all, you need to pay for each ride on the subway or the bus. Taxi or Uber charges add up quickly. But you don’t pay anybody when you jump behind the wheel of your own […]
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Save Money
My friend once told me she paid $50 a week for her son to spend five or six hours in a daycare/preschool. That’s $200 a month for about 12 hours of child care. It was brutal for her on her student budget. However, she didn’t really have a choice. She also told me that things […]
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Investing
Whether someone else is managing your money or you’re investing for yourself, chances are you will deal with someone else at at some point. Maybe it’s a financial adviser. Or an investment broker. Or both. So, what’s the difference between a financial adviser and a broker? A lot, as it turns out. However, you are […]
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Investing
When asked what he owes his success to, legendary investor Warren Buffett said “My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.” For anyone not counting, he’s parlayed that into a net worth of about $68.7 billion. Compound interest is so powerful that scientist Albert Einstein famously […]
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