If you've got kids, then the odds are you'll be participating in that annual ritual known as back-to-school shopping. Unfortunately, it's an expense that can take a big bite out of your budget. So why not dig a little deeper when looking for extra ...
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9 Indispensable Financial Tips for Teens & Twentysomethings
I hate to admit this, kids, but I used to think my parents were really dumb. A few peas short of a casserole. All foam, no beer. Dumber than a box of hair.
I get it; most teenagers and young adults already know everything about anything. But as ...
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6 Personal Finance Tips for College Grads
If you are a graduate - or graduating soon - and haven't started planning your finances yet, your head may be spinning with a dizzying array of information. Many people often struggle to find their financial footing following graduation, leading to ...
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Aiming for a College Education? Here Are 3 Ways to Save for It
If you're a parent thinking of your child's future, then one of the things that you're probably considering right now is your kid's college education. Of course, it depends on their choice whether they want to go to college or not, but preparing for ...
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4 Tips to Help You Choose the Right Undergraduate Degree
With tuition fees constantly on the rise, there's a lot of pressure on students. If you are willing to spend a lot of time, energy, and money on your degree, you need to make sure you're making the best possible choice when selecting your courses. ...
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100 Words On: Why You Don’t Need an MBA to Manage Your Finances
Never assume that just because a person holds an MBA, he knows how to run a business; the road is littered with MBA-sporting CEOs who ignominiously drove their companies into the ground. Conversely, there are just as many CEOs -- guys like ...
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10 Great Ways to Avoid Student Loan Debt
When the average student graduates, she's almost $30,000 in the hole. That's some education, all right.
More than 44 million students are now up to their caps and gowns in student-load debt -- to the tune of $1.5 trillion. That makes student loans ...
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Important Tools and Apps to Help Prepare Your Student for College
When your child is nearing his or her graduation from high school, you probably feel a mix of emotions. You likely are battling the pride of all he or she has accomplished, the amazement that time has gone by so quickly, the worry about all he or she ...
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7 Smart Things to Do with Your Graduation Money
Congrats, Graduate -- you did it! But now that school's out, you've got some big decisions to make, the least of which is what you're going to do with all that graduation money.
Whether you're fresh out of high school or a newly-degreed college ...
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I’m Stumped: 7 Perplexing Money Questions Without a Good Answer
Did you know that back in 2013, then British Prime Minister David Cameron offered $1.54 million to the first person who could solve mankind's greatest challenge? He did.
However, before the challenge could officially begin, he had to wait for an ...
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What Is a Student Credit Card?
Student credit cards are specifically targeted at younger people who want to build their credit. These cards usually have higher interest rates than other cards because the people who use them have a limited credit history. Even so, by law, all ...
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7 Tips University Students Can Take Advantage of to Save Money
College time is an expensive period of life. Lots of students have to pay for their tuition or repay credits. In addition, the rental fees are going up from year to year. Even if you are not a party person and dedicate all the time you have to study, ...
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14 Unconventional Money Moves That Are Smarter Than You Think
Life doesn't always turn out as you might expect it to. The truth is, many things in life often defy all sense of logic.
For example, there was a time when a reasonable person watching Justin Bieber sing on a city sidewalk for spare change would ...
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How to Launch Your Own Business as a Student
Many of the most successful businesses we know started in colleges; Facebook, Dell, Insomnia Cookies, and dozens of world-class brands were once just random ideas written down into a textbook on a campus.
Starting your business as a student may be ...
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The Top 10 Ways to Save Money in College
Many parents with kids in college cover their dormitory fees, living, tuition costs, and sometimes, even their 'write my essay' requests for essay services. But at this age, students want more freedom, and for many of them, it consists of a ...
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The Undeniable Benefits of Studying Abroad
For individuals from some countries, studying abroad may be the only way to receive a quality education. However, this is not to say that prospective students from more privileged countries don't stand to benefit significantly from schooling abroad. ...
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Power to the Pinched! The Personal Finance Anarchist Cookbook
Once upon a time, no self-serving radical activist would be caught dead without The Anarchist Cookbook and its misguided recipes for making homemade bombs, tear gas, and other sinister items out of everyday household products.
Of course, that got ...
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Federal vs. Private: Your Guide to Different Student Loan Types
It doesn't matter if you are planning on taking out student loans in the near future or have in the past, student loans can be confusing. Trying to understand the types of student loans might leave you feeling overwhelmed.
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100 Words On: The Most Valuable Subject Taught In Grade School
If you're looking to earn the biggest annualized net return on your college investment, studies consistently show that your best bet is via a science- or math-based technical degree. With that in mind, one would assume science or math is the most ...
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Why College Students Take On Loans They Can’t Repay
The entire situation with college loans is somewhat controversial. While some argue that student loans are the only way for most American students to attain education, others claim that their mere existence is a sign of a deteriorating educational ...
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