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4 Tips To Starting Your Financial Plan

Saving Cents With Sense

Creating a short-term budget and long-term financial plan can not only help you get out of debt once and for all, but they can also guide you to economic independence and prosperity. Most people want to get out of debt, while others want to save for their children’s college educations or a new home. Create Milestones.

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Shannon & Her Husband Paid off $22,000 in 9 Months

Family Balance Sheet

Today’s Debt Free Story is from Shannon. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? As many students do these days, we had tens of thousands of dollars of debt by the time we graduated with our Masters degrees. That was in 2008, so you might imagine how that turned out! Where are you from?

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10 Best Low-Risk Investments In April 2024

Savings Corner

It’s also why low-risk plays make for better short-term investments or a stash for your emergency fund. Dividend-paying stocks Stocks aren’t as safe as cash, savings accounts or government debt, but they’re generally less risky than high-fliers like options or futures. But in general, it’s lower risk than a growth stock.”

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My copy has a copyright date of 2008. I pick up a lot of them at garage sales for 25 cents to a $1. One I obtained in that manner is “The Sound Mind Investing Handbook” by Austin Pryor. Much of the information in it is basic personal finance guidance (with a biblical twist).

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