How Would You Save Differently?
January 18, 2010
For most of you, retirement is a long time away, but it never hurts to start thinking about it (after all, the sooner you start thinking and planning, the more you’ll have). Bank of America recently released a survey asking people close to retirement what their biggest concerns are, and what they would have done differently [...]
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One of the more important activities in effectively managing your finances is creating financial goals. From here, you need to create budgets to meet your goals, but sometimes this can be challenging, especially with all of the other stresses in your life. How can you follow your budget and meet your goals if you are [...]
Why Don’t Young People Care About Finances?
I wrote the following post for Five Cent Nickel a month ago, but thought I would post it here as well.
It’s unfortunate, but my story isn’t original. I’m 29, educated, and up until 4 years ago, I never saw the need to understand how to manage my finances; for some reason, I always assumed my [...]
Financial Advice for the Current Economy
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What financial advice would you give in the current economy? Would you tell people to save their money? Would you tell people that today is a buyers market? Maybe you’d tell people that they should do nothing and see what happens, otherwise known as the deer caught in headlights syndrome. Would [...]
Budgeting Exercise
Creating a budget is one of the most important things you can do when it comes to personal financial management. Businesses create budgets every year to help decide where money will be spent, where money will come from, and how much money they need to save. Your own finances are no different. If you don’t [...]
How Much Does That Daily Coffee Really Cost You?
I was sitting in a local coffee shop the other day and started wondering if people actually know how much a cup of coffee costs over a year, two years, five years or ten years.
Let’s say you like to drink coffee from one of the high-end coffee shops, you can expect to pay $1.71 with [...]
Have You Forgotten How to Save?
I remember reading an article several months ago that outlined the major difference between Canadian and American consumers as Canadian consumers who buy on credit tend to pay off their debt immediately, whereas American consumers tend to take long periods of time to pay off their borrowed money.
I just found an article on the [...]
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Adam Goodman is the author of Following The Goods Financial Management for the Young and Ambitious. Throughout his life, Adam never took ownership of his financial knowledge and no one ever sat down with him to explain what it meant to plan for his financial future. Luckily, while at business school, Adam finally learned how to be smart about financial management and he is here to share what he has learned along his journey with you.
Adam's past experience includes owning and operating his own consulting firm, as well as working as a Consultant with Deloitte & Touche. Adam is currently in a sales and marketing role in the telecom industry.
