$25 per hour is $52000 a year. Find out how this is calculated and pick up budgeting tips and side hustle ideas.
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Saving money is a no-brainer. Its benefit is obvious. You have more money! Your bank account grows. Your 401(k) grows. You can retire (potentially early) and do fun things with the savings you’ve built up over time. But there’s a second, hidden benefit to saving money.
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Find out how your retirement savings stack up against the balances of your peers.
Most Americans plan to retire, and those who do plan to retire expect to quit full-time work at age 57, on average, a new NerdWallet survey finds.
In many ways, graduating from college feels like freedom. Freedom from pulling all-nighters to finish that research paper. Freedom from assignments that make you ask yourself the question, âAm I really going to apply this in real life?â Freedom from the antagonizing and omnipresent pressures of keeping up your GPA. But financially, graduating has felt
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Financial advisors help guide people on their journey to financial health and success. A financial advisor assists families and individuals who need help with the complexity of investing, saving, and budgeting. Theyâre helpful for any level of income, from those with an abundance of money to those struggling with low income. If you feel you
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If there’s one thing that you don’t want to do twice, that would be retiring. Imagine having to go back to work after you’ve called it quits. Yuck!! I’ve heard horror stories of this happening and the most common culprit is lack of planning. Planning your retirement is something you do not want to take […]
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Back during the dotcom collapse of 2000, I was losing money in the stock market like a champ. I was a second-year financial analyst who had a serious case of confusing brains with a bull market. When I turned to my VP and told him I was still bullish about the stock market, he almost slapped me upside the head. “We’re in a bear market, son. Get used to it and stop dreaming!”
After losing about 30 percent in my after-tax portfolio, my dreams of stock market riches finally faded. I cried “uncle” and moved my money into more conservative investments. The funny part was that my 401k was actually up in 2000 and in 2001 because I had allocated 50 percent of my assets into a hedge fund called Andor Capital Management that went short the market.
Normally, only accredited investors — those who earn $200,000 a year or more or who have a net worth of over $1 million or more (excluding their primary residence) — can invest in hedge funds. But my firm had a partnership with Andor that gave us peons access to invest as well.
If youâve been binge-watching HGTV lately, you might be thinking that buying a home could be the right decision for you. But #RealMoneyTalk â are you actually ready to be a homeowner, or are you simply allured by the idea of living two minutes away from your favorite coffee shop? We get it, real estate
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