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Use This Template to Easily Budget Your Life

Budgeting helps to paint the big picture view of what your financial future will look like and how you can live within your means. By accounting for how much money you make and keeping track of how much you spend, you can have the peace of mind knowing that you won’t run into trouble

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Organize Your Financial Life This Summer

This month we look into how to organize your finance records and cash flows, as well recovering important documents and unclaimed accounts. We dive into essential records: What are they, how long should they be kept, and where?

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Managing Your Finances as a Young Professional

Throughout college, every student has a different level of financial independence. Whether you are supported by family, a part-time job, student loans, or any combination of the three, after graduation and becoming a young professional, the safety net tends to disappear.

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A Step by Step Guide to Building Your Budget

Technology has allowed individuals to easily keep track of their finances down to the last penny, but you don’t have to track down every dollar to make a simple and helpful budget. Whether it is in a notebook, a spreadsheet or using an app

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What to Do in Times of Market Volatility

On Friday, February 2nd The Dow closed down 666 points, or 2.5%. The sudden move came unexpectedly as inflation data came in slightly higher than expected. The following week the Dow continued its decline, at one point down 10% from the highs.

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Let’s Talk About Bitcoin

Everywhere you look, there is talk about Bitcoin. Oddly though, the media seems more interested in emphasizing its exponential tear upwards than explaining the underlying technology. Bitcoin, simply put, is a completely virtual currency.

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