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Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Helping the parents teach my grandchildren to save is an ongoing project of mine. Each year I bring them together in my Grandma Rie’s Money Camp and focus on different aspects of personal finance, with saving being a focus in each camp. Trepidation about having the grand-kids open a savings account.

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Tips to Spring Clean Your Finances

Saving Cents With Sense

It also happens to be the time when your finances receive a thorough examination; tax preparation forces millions of people to go over their receipts and spending from the past year, quantify their gains and losses, and evaluate the performance of their investments from the past year. Consolidate Your Banking and Investment Accounts.

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Give Now, Save Later: How Charitable Giving Affects Taxes

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LifeLock provides enhanced, online reporting of identity theft threats and advanced checking and savings account application alerts. Splash N Dash is still around, but he sold it to his brother so he could have more time to play golf and be a freelance writer for finance. Find Out Which Nonprofits are Qualified for Tax Purposes.

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