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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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Here’s a quick guide to checking to see if you have unclaimed money.

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Saving for College 101

Here’s a crash course on saving for college.

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These four essential steps can help to increase your financial confidence for the year ahead.

The Cost of Procrastination

Procrastination can be costly. When you get a late start, it may be difficult to make up for lost time.

Protection from a Financial Emergency

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Your Financial Family Tree

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Savings and Cash Flow

Savings is a critical tool to ensure positive cash flow in your personal finances.

Life and Death of a Twenty Dollar Bill

How long does a $20 bill last?

Password Protection Strategies

Simple steps may help you foil hackers and protect your privacy.

Countering Counterfeit Currency

Combating counterfeiting remains core to preserving the integrity of the nation’s money.

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Surprise! You’ve Got Money!

Here’s a quick guide to checking to see if you have unclaimed money.

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?

Once Upon a Goal

Do you know how to set up your financial goals for success? This knight does.

The Cost of Procrastination

Procrastination can be costly. When you get a late start, it may be difficult to make up for lost time.

The Power of Compound Interest

Learn how to harness the power of compound interest for your investments.

Saving for College 101

Here’s a crash course on saving for college.

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The 12 Steps to Living Confidently: Savings and Cash Flow

Why is Cash Flow so important to understand?

Planning for All Families

These planning tips can help.

Take the Stage: Commitment and the Money Conversation

Congratulations, you’re ready to commit. Perhaps you now share keys to the same front door or there’s a ring in your future.

U.S. Personal Savings Rate

What can be learned from the savings rate?

The Twelve Steps to Living Confidently: Goals

A step-by-step plan to become more financially and emotionally confident can make this year awesome.

The Half Million Dollar Baby

The true cost of raising a child may be far more than you expect.

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What Our Kids Can Teach us About Saving Money

Would you guess that Millennials are effectively saving for retirement? Well, they are.

The Cost of Procrastination

Procrastination can be costly. When you get a late start, it may be difficult to make up for lost time.

The Latte Lie and Other Myths

Do you know these three personal finance sayings?

Surprise! You’ve Got Money!

Here’s a quick guide to checking to see if you have unclaimed money.

The Power of Compound Interest

Learn how to harness the power of compound interest for your investments.

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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