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10 Most Common Car Repairs (That’ll Cost You a Fortune!)

September 5, 2018 by Sally

Picture the scene. You’re cruising down the highway when something starts rattling and rumbling in the engine. Something goes clang and your windshield is suddenly engulfed in a plume of black smoke.

Something clearly isn’t right. Your car — your trusty car — has finally stopped working. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Budgeting

Managing an Unexpected Personal Finance Crisis

March 28, 2018 by Sally

Money management seems straightforward, but the truth is that it can be very tricky. There are many situations where people end up with expenses that they had not anticipated, and this can be very stressful and frustrating. However, if you are aware of the situations that can lead to this, you can be more proactive in preventing them. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Budgeting, Loans

Should You Save or Speculate in a Bid to Build Wealth?

January 28, 2017 by Sally

There can be no doubt that we live in economically challenging times, both from a domestic and an international perspective. From the continued uncertainty surrounding Brexit to a lack of real wage growth, households are being hit hard and facing up to the prospect of a bleak 2017.

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Five Things You May Be Spending Too Much Money On

January 25, 2017 by Sally

Money, it is the root of all evil and it is something you really cannot live without. Well, you can live without it, but it makes for a less than pleasant life. However, living with money doesn’t have to mean spending a bunch of it here and there.

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Why Students are Perceived to Be Loaded

October 20, 2016 by Sally

For all the discounts and special offers students tend to enjoy, the motives of those targeting students with their products and services don’t always come from a place of showing solidarity with the students’ cause and their somewhat anaemic budgets. Quite the contrary really — for many product sellers and service providers, students are perceived to be so loaded that every opportunity to milk them a bit out of their money is duly taken. [Read more…]

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Budget Balance for Renters: How To Find Wallet Wellness and the Home You Want.

October 12, 2016 by Sally

So you’ve arrived at your budgetary limits, but you’re not close to the boundary of your target neighborhood. What to do? It’s all about balance — and some savvy accounting. Your top tips from a NYC real estate agent (and who could know better about living the high life lite?):

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What People Do After Winning Big Sums of Money

August 30, 2016 by Sally

For many of us, going through the motions of something like buying a daily or weekly lottery ticket is exactly that — just going through the motions. We never really expect to win anything, let alone an insane jackpot of upwards of a £100m. This applies even to some of those lotteries which are operated off-shore, like perhaps the mega millions lotto which is accessible online and is a US-run lottery open to bettors from beyond the borders of the USA. [Read more…]

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