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How To Use Budget Categories

Clever Girl Finance

Love it or hate it, if you want to be financially successful, you need to budget your money and success with budgeting means understanding budget categories. So, let’s talk about the various categories that you might need, including a budget categories list! How many categories should I have for a budget?

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How To Create A Bare Bones Budget

Clever Girl Finance

There are many different ways to come up with your perfect budgeting strategy. Alongside your monthly budget, you should also have a bare bones budget waiting in the wings. Table of contents What is a bare bones budget? Who needs a bare bones budget? It’s a budget that only covers the necessities.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (April 27-28)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the Department of Labor released the final version of its Retirement Security Rule (a.k.a.

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More Retirement Doom

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Northwestern Mutual published a report about the state of retirement and of course all the numbers are grim. million to retire, up about 50% from 2020, while the average retirement account balance is $88,000. million, do you think that number is close to what you need? You can read about at Yahoo and Bloomberg.

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Budgeting For Couples: How To Budget As A Couple

Clever Girl Finance

Budgeting as a couple is critical in managing your household finances. Your budget not only allows you to plan and track where the money will be spent, but it enables you to direct the course of your finances together. Table of contents 5 Steps to get started budgeting as a couple Expert tip What is the best way to budget as a couple?

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (April 20-21)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that CFP Board announced that it has crossed the milestone of 100,000 CFP professionals in the United States, and despite having just celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, just set a record high in the number of advisors sitting (..)

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Addressing Retirement for Gen X

Integrity Financial Planning

A recent study by Investopedia found that Generation X’s biggest worry is retirement. The survey found that although many members of Gen X feel like they understand their finances, they are still concerned about setting themselves up to transition into retirement. 1] These numbers are very significant. So what can you do?