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10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success

Penny Pinchin' Mom

The post 10 Must-Know Personal Finance Tips for Moms’ Financial Success appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Personal finance tips are much like opinions; everybody’s got one. Here are some personal finance tips that should help get you out of that murk. So you aren’t alone!

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Kristen from My Dollar Plan reminds us Why You Should Tell Your Family About Your Debt. I love this list.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The largest loan company, Lending Club, is getting ready to issue stock on the New York Stock Exchange and the media are already all over the story. Rates for loans are competitive with personal loans from traditional banks. In the past, most loans (80%) have been for debt consolidation. Credit is a tool in personal finance.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Well according to the bill’s sponsors, in the resolution presented to and passed by the 112 th Congress this March, we have a lot of issues to solve. Household debt stood at $13,200,000,000,000 at the end of the third quarter of 2010 (according to a 2011 ‘‘Flow of Funds’’ report by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

No surprise there; I write a blog about family life and finances. But with my corporate background and interest in personal finance, my husband and I agreed that I would handle all of the day-to-day financial tasks for our home. Implement our Debt Freedom Plan. I also manage the finances of our business.

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Cool Things I Read This Week

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Reader Asks About Selling Home to Pay Off Debt – [link] I agree. Selling your home will not fix your money management issues. #. Prairie Eco-Thrifter has Been Featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance # 297 [link] #. Paying Debt vs. Saving Money [link] I say pay off debt.

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Over 40 and Worried about Money? Start here!

Family Balance Sheet

I know there are many reasons for the dire savings rates: kids, household projects, kids, pets, kids, caring for an aging parent, kids, medical issues, and kids. We charted out our course of action to pay off debts and start saving for retirement. My friends in the over 40 set, we MUST change this. But we must change these statistics.