If you caught our new billboard in New York this week or are just new to Econ4U, we have some great resources to help you make a budget — whether it’s your first or your twenty-first. Here’s a crash course in parsing your paycheck and making the most of what you earn: It won’t take [...]
April 12, 2011 – 10:34 am
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. For those of you who are preparing to graduate in the next month or two, with a little luck that means you’re starting your first professional job. And if your entry-level salary [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Whether you’re drawing up a draft of your first budget or you’d like to tweak an existing plan, there are simple ways that you can free up more cash for savings or [...]
January 4, 2011 – 6:05 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Are you still sticking to your New Year’s resolutions? Good for you! You’ll hit your financial goals for 2011 even faster if you break these five common money-wasting habits. Fully fund an [...]
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December 28, 2010 – 1:26 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. After losing weight and getting fit, going on a financial diet is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions that people make come January 1. But rather than bite off more [...]
November 9, 2010 – 5:57 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Browse Amazon.com and you’ll find thousands of personal-finance guides in publication. But not all reading material is geared toward young people who are just starting out and don’t have a complex stock [...]
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October 12, 2010 – 5:25 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Intimidated by the idea of a budget? The Web has a host of great resources to guide you to making — and sticking to — a budget that works for you and [...]
September 28, 2010 – 1:16 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. You’ve heard of “good debt” and “bad debt,” but if your end goal is to be debt free, you have to just say no to any and all loans. That means you’ll [...]
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Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. If you’ve ever uncovered “found money” and decided to save most of it, you’re already acquainted with the idea of consumption smoothing. It’s the economic principle that people avoid abrupt swings in [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Making retirement saving a priority is the recognition that it’s easier to go without now (when you’re young and able-bodied) than at the end of your life when your options are fewer. [...]
