Do you know how you are currently doing in a financial sense? Ideally, you need to have a firm grasp of your money situation at every stage of your life. Otherwise, how do you know when you need to pull your finger out and work a bit harder to get into a more comfortable ...
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Staying Solvent When Life Throws You A Curveball: The Benefits Of An Emergency Fund
The fact that we never really know what lies around the corner is what makes life exciting, but for many of us, uncertainty breeds anxiety. There’s a lot to be said for living in the moment, but often, it’s also wise to try and plan ahead. You never know when you may encounter ...
6 Common Financial Headaches…And How To Overcome Them
Oh, money. We all wish we had a little bit more of it to call upon. We work hard to keep things floating along nicely, but no matter how hard we try, it can often feel like our finances - or life - are working against us. If these financial headaches are an inevitable part of ...
Emergencies and Finances: 3 Things to Know About Covering Your Unexpected Health Expenses
We all go through life hoping for the best, but disease and accidents can happen to us anytime. People therefore turn to health insurance to cover them against these unfortunate events. Other folks also put alternative ways in place to cover their unexpected health expenses when ...
Coping With The Financial Aftermath Of Christmas: Top Tips To Make Tightening Your Belt Bearable
January can be a pretty sobering time of year, especially if you’ve blown the budget on Christmas, and you need an emergency tightening the belt strategy. For most of us, Christmas is the most expensive time of the year, and it can leave it short for weeks afterwards. If you’re ...
Have Yourself A Merry But Economical Christmas
Obvious statement alert: Christmas can be a really expensive time. The bigger your family, the more expensive it gets, and some years it can just seem to get out of hand entirely. It can feel like a nightmare knowing that you’re heading into the new year with a spending hangover ...
Homely Financial Pursuits: Ways To Save Money From Home
It is always stressful trying to find ways to save money especially when you are conserving as many finances as you possibly can already. If you have moved into a new home or if you are saving up for something it's always easy to say that we never have enough money. There's a ...
Unusual Ways Of Making And Saving Money
If you are looking to make sure your bank balance stays in the black every month, then you may be looking for some ways to save or make money. We’ll you have come to the right place! There are plenty of small things you can do to save a bit of cash here or make a bit more there. ...
Christmas Bargain Gift Tips!
If you’re getting organised for the holidays, then you can’t avoid thinking about gifts. However, unless you’re a small family, it’s likely that you have cousins and aunties to buy gifts for too. So we’ve come up with a way to make sure that you’re not spending thousands on ...
Start Your New Year Off Right By Minimizing Debt
Debt is one of the biggest troubles facing most American families these days. Families are struggling to make car payments and high monthly mortgages, and many are taking on even more debt by sending their kids to college. In fact, the debt crisis has become so severe that the ...