How much money are you saving for retirement? Is it 5% of your income? 10% of your income? Or are you able to save 50% of your income? With so many different income levels and the cost of living in different areas, it can be hard to determine what exactly
Continue readingSeptember 2015 Budget Review
It’s that time for another budget review, one that I’m hoping will show much lower spending across all categories. I hope that everyone else is staying dry and warm as we head into October, we haven’t been so fortunate here on the east coast so far. About midway through the
Continue readingWhat Is Inflation?
Do you ever feel that the price of goods you are buying keep rising while your income seems to remain the same? We can actively work to increase our income to fight this, but the price increase on many goods is beyond our control. That price increase is due to
Continue readingStudent Loan Progress – September 2015
I’m trying to hold onto Summer temperatures and weather, but the weather doesn’t seem to be cooperating with me at this point in time. The high temperature each day gets lower and lower, but luckily my expenses have also gone down now that Summer is coming to a close. I’ve
Continue readingHow Student Loan Interest Works
I seem to receive a lot of questions around how interest works on student loans as well as how it is calculated. I’ve also seen a lot of confusion in general across the internet when it comes to student loan interest. I think it’s important to understand how much of
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