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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

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Hello and welcome to this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. If any of you have seen me host carnivals before you know that I like to add in some funny clips about personal finance for your enjoyment. Dividend Winners on the other hand, focus on creating specific goals, and the steps to make them a reality.

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Do You Have Enough Money to Retire?

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So part of the issue is individuals aren’t saving enough towards basic goals. Forget about loftier goals that are 20, 30 or 40 years away. FinTech, as this growing space has been called, is helping take the mystery out of investing and personal finance. One such service is Personal Capital.

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Are Peer Loans Too Risky or the Way of the Future?

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Credit is a tool in personal finance. Used properly, it can help you build your dream home and reach your financial goals. Used irresponsibly, and like any tool, it can smash your fingers something fierce. Understand the risks to peer loans and you may just find one of your best tools in personal finance.

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5 Pieces of Advice to Tell Your Child About Money- Part 1

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5 Pieces of Advice to Tell Your Child About Money is a series that will run every Tuesday for the next few weeks where some of the top personal finance bloggers share their thoughts on this topic. Money is not a goal. Only then can you start to think about how you can earn money and be financially secure to reach those goals.

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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

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I treated the baking process like it was an end in itself and not a tool to get what I wanted. It’s a list of steps that brings about a generic budget completely void of any hopes, dreams and personal aspirations. You can’t get what you want out of your personal finances on the Toll House budget.

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Look 3 Feet In Front Of You, Not 3 Miles

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After taking lessons for a while, it occurred to me that playing the piano is just a hobby of mine, and I can’t let it interfere with my primary goal of building a business. That’s when I realized that goals and hobbies are two different things. The key to achieving large goals is to break them up into smaller goals.

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Ethos Life Insurance Review 2024

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