Thursday, July 31, 2014

About Budgeting & Personal Finance: How to Stick to Your Budget

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From Paula Pant, your Guide to Budgeting & Personal Finance

 In this article, we cover:

  • Three tips that can help you stick to your budget.
  • Terrible habits that can blow your car budget
  • Book synopsis: One man resolves to slash his budget by $12,000 per year
  • Glossary: Learn what "APY" stands for

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3 Tips to Help You Stick to Your Budget
Finding it tough to stick to your budget? These three mental tricks can help.
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8 Worst Habits That Blow Your Car Budget
Are you committing any of these eight budget-busting car habits?
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Book Synopsis: The $1,000 Challenge

Brian O’Connor, a columnist for the Detroit News, published a book about his 10-week long quest to slash his budget by $1,000 per month.

He vowed to slash $1,000 from his spending every month by cutting $100 from each of his family’s 10 biggest spending categories. In this book, he chronicles that adventure.

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What is APY?
What does the acronym "APY" stand for? How does it differ from APR?
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