Teens should
- Have a Part-Time job
- Understand your paycheck
- Get a checking account/Debit Card
- Save 50% of your pay
- Review your spending
- Set goals like a car
College Students should
- Work in the Summer
- Balance fun and schoolwork
- Understand your loans
- Understand Credit Cards
- Not Use Credit Cards
- Research salaries in your areas of study
- Save money in the summer
Young Adults should
- Create a budget
- Save 20% of your pay
- Understand Credit & Scores
- Not use Credit Cards
- Create a buffer account
- Understand overdraft fees
- Save for a home
- Start saving for retirement
Adults should
- Use a budget
- Understand Credit & Scores
- Not use credit cards
- Create a Buffer account
- Create an emergency account
- Save for a home
- Save for retirement
- Understand insurance
- Have a Will and Estate Plan
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- Ditch Cable TV and Stream!! Save $100 - $150/Month.
- Housing is your biggest expense! Either reduce the cost or make it an asset.
- Save on Insurance by Increasing your deductible. Your Emergency Savings should cover it.
- Plan your meals and use an app like AnyList. You'll save time and money.
- Create a budget for spending money. Take out that cash and only use that cash to limit overspending with the debit card.
- Try a different Grocery Store, it could save $50 - $100 per week
- Learn to cook something new! You spend a lot of money eating out. And it will be less healthy.
- If you go out to eat, drink less alcohol. The bill will be much less.
- If you go out to eat, try an appetizer for a meal. Most of the time, the meal portion is too large.
- Time is your biggest Asset. Someone that starts saving at 30 will never catch up to someone that starts at 20.
- Save $395/Month for 45 Years in an Index fund. You'll have $1,000,000.
- You only need to invest in an index fund with a low expense ratio to grow your retirement funds.
- Stay away from individual Stocks unless you are committed to speculating (timing the market & gambling)
- Go to BankRate.com to get the best rates on an online savings account. (don't provide your info)
- Don't be fooled by Credit Card gimmicks like points, cash back, or expense tracking. You'll lose in the end and they know it.
- You can call the credit card company and reduce your limit until you pay it off.
- You can call most companies you pay bills to and move bill dates to a day that works for your monthly budget.
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