Financial Planning

Ready to get your financial house in order? Get useful insights into all aspects of financial planning, including creating a budget, saving money, planning for college, investing for retirement, buying insurance, and more.
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What Is a Zero-Based Budget?
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What Is Account Reconciliation?
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What Is Double Entry Accounting?
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How Variable Expenses Affect Your Budget
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How To Be Financially Prepared To Leave an Abusive Partner
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Get a Handle on Your Spending With These Monthly Budget Worksheets
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What Is Financial Health?
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Keep Your Budget Simple With the 50/30/20 Rule
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8 Types of Charitable Giving
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How to Use Envelope Budgeting to Manage Your Finances
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What Is a Luxury Item?
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What Is Autonomous Consumption?
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Can College Students Get Unemployment?
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How to Plan for Discretionary, Variable, and Fixed Expenses In Your Budget
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How To Identify Your Financial Blind Spots
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Have You Mastered These 20 Financial Skills?
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What Is Rent Escrow?
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The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Buying a Car
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How and What To Budget for Your First Apartment
Freelancers must budget for taxes to be paid at year’s end Must send in estimated quarterly payments every three months Make sure to set additional money aside to pay penalties for late quarterly taxes 25% to 30% is the recommended savings amount, which covers income tax and self-employment tax Remember to save your receipts
How to Budget for Taxes as a Freelancer
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What Is Caveat Emptor?
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What Is Dual Income No Kids (DINK)?
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Why Should I Get a Co-signer for an Apartment?
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What Is a High-Net-Worth Individual (HNWI)?
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Learn Six Simple Steps to Save on Groceries Today
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Here Is a Checklist to Help You Furnish Your Dream Home on a Budget
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10 Short Term Financial Goals You Can Complete Now
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Best Online Financial Modeling Course in 2021
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A Cash-Only Budget Is Easier to Follow—Learn How to Make the Switch
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Is the Envelope System the Best Budgeting Method?
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Making a Holiday Budget
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Heard of the $2K Rule? How Much to Save for Your Kids’ College
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Why Your Car is an Asset, Not an Investment
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Following These 10 Steps Will Help Avoid Creating Credit Card Debt
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Why You Need to Track Expenses to Take Control of Your Finances
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What Is Your Beacon Credit Score?
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4 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Financial Literacy
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What Is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst?
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A Look at the Most Difficult Accounting Errors To Detect and Correct
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Financial Planning Tips for High School Students' Money Management
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Tips on How to Avoid Credit Card Overspending
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How To Achieve Financial Wellness in Just a Few Minutes a Week
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Taking Care of Yourself When You Are Self-Employed
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Should I Go Back to School in a Recession?
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Financial Planning 101
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How to Budget If You're Self-Employed or a Freelancer
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Are You Ready for a $500 Financial Emergency?
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Answers to the 5 Biggest Financial Questions
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5 Steps to Help You Find the Right Financial Planner for You
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How To Practice Financial Self-Care With Positive Money Habits
Learn to set up an envelope budgeting system.
Learn How an Envelope Budgeting System Makes Budgeting Easier
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Emergency Savings Run Out? Here's What to Do Next
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Expecting a Child? Update Your Emergency Savings and Financial Planning
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8 Ways New Grads Can Protect Their Finances
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How to Add Value to Your Home Through Renovation and Remodeling
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Addressing Home Repairs: Budgeting Tips for Every Type of Homeowner
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Does Your Employer Offer an Emergency Savings Plan?
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How To Reduce Your Cost of Living
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Honey vs. Capital One Shopping (Wikibuy)
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Top Reasons Why Americans Are Not Saving Money
 
 
 
 
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