Money

One of the keys to a sound financial strategy is spending less than you take in, and then finding a way to put your excess to work. A money management approach involves creating budgets to understand and make decisions about where your money is going. It also involves knowing where you may be able to put your excess cash to work.

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Once Upon a Goal

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How Cash Apps Work

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Understanding Money Market Funds

Check out this brief article which explores the role Money Market Funds may play in your portfolio.

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?

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  Peer-to-peer payment apps are one of the newest ways to send money.

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  Lifestyle inflation can be the enemy of wealth building. What could happen if you invested instead of buying more stuff?

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