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How to Prepare for Lower Interest Rates

MainStreet Financial Planning

From locking in high yields on savings accounts to refinancing loans and adjusting your investment portfolio, there are steps you can take today to maximize the benefits of lower rates. Savings (Short-Term Focus) When interest rates fall, the returns on savings accounts and other short-term investments like CDs often decrease as well.

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4 Pitfalls of Not Having a Financial Plan

Carson Wealth

Debt management: Develop a strategy to pay off existing debts efficiently, minimizing interest costs. Retirement planning: Calculate retirement needs and contribute regularly to retirement accounts. Emergency fund: Establish and maintain an emergency fund to cover unexpected expenses.

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Ten Steps To Creating A Solid Financial Plan For Yourself

Clever Girl Finance

A debt pay-off and spending plan (using your budget). A fully-funded emergency account. Should you have joint accounts or separate accounts? Having joint accounts is great, but I also believe in having your own personal savings accounts. But don’t feel like you need to keep your personal accounts secret.

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19 Best Recession-Proof Jobs For All Skill Levels

Clever Girl Finance

Accountants. Businesses will continue to need accountants as long as the tax system exists. Accountants help both individuals and businesses with financial records, bookkeeping, and tax filings. Accountants help both individuals and businesses with financial records, bookkeeping, and tax filings.

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How much do I need to retire? Planning for Your Unique Retirement Needs

Carson Wealth

Your financial advisor can help you plan for challenges you may face in retirement, such as spending, efficient savings, taxes, inflation, debt management, Social Security and Medicare. Cash includes checking, savings, money market accounts, CDs, physical currency and other banking or credit union products.

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How Consumer Credit Counseling Works

Clever Girl Finance

A step-by-step guide on how to use consumer credit counseling Expert tip: A credit counselor can help with more than debt management Where to find a reputable credit service How credit counseling can help you How do you select a credit counseling service? Table of contents What is consumer credit counseling and who might need it?

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The 15 Worst Financial Decisions And How To Recover From Them

Clever Girl Finance

Not saving any of your monthly income When it comes to saving money, I’ve heard so many people complain that after they’ve paid their bills, they don’t have any money to contribute to their retirement accounts or to add to their emergency fund. Imagine if you did that for five years. You’d have over $5,000.