$1.2 trillion. As of June 2014, the overall student loan debt in the United States exceeded $1.2 trillion dollars with over 7 million debtors in default. Even if you personally have no student loan debt, it touches all areas of the United State’s economy. That trillion dollars of student loans means that students are paying […]
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Many hedge fund and mutual fund managers spend most of their day analyzing companies with the ultimate goal of picking winners and losers. Oftentimes that involves taking positions in companies that they think have an edge over their competition. They base these decisions on massive amounts of quantitative and qualitative data. This raises a question […]
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Welcome to the Weekly Quick Hits Roundup! If you’re new here, welcome! Every week I write a weekly wrap-up of things that were going on here at Young Adult Money, a few personal updates/thoughts, and finally a few posts I read this week that I thought were worth sharing.
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This week we have a HUGE prize: a 2014 or 2015 RAM Truck! Even if you don’t want a truck, the prize has an estimated $50,000 value. If you won the truck you’d owe approximately $13,000 in taxes (may be higher or lower depending on your situation). If you sold the truck for $50,000 you […]
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I think it’s safe to say most of us know the importance of tracking your spending. How many of us actually do it, though? The process can often seem intimidating and tedious, but as someone who has been tracking her spending since college, I can assure you it’s worth it. Tracking your spending is (arguably) […]
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I work full-time as a financial analyst and we use “financial bridges” extensively. If you aren’t a financial analyst you may have no idea what a financial bridge is. I’ll give a full explanation in just a little bit. Today I want to explain how using the “financial bridge” technique when setting goals can drastically […]
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Welcome to the Weekly Quick Hits Roundup! If you’re new here, welcome! Every week I write a weekly wrap-up of things that were going on here at Young Adult Money, a few personal updates/thoughts, and finally a few posts I read this week that I thought were worth sharing.
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This week we have a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a $500 Home Depot Gift Card, and a HP Pavilion 15 Laptop! There’s more – these are just three of the 80+ giveaways in this weeks giveaway roundup! Welcome to the weekly Friday giveaway roundup!
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This post is from our regular Wednesday contributor, Erin. With the holidays coming, many of us are finding ourselves short on time. We’re busy buying or making presents, working, cooking, spending time with family and friends, and exercising due to all the holiday food we’re eating! In light of all this, you might be wondering […]
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Anyone who has decided to pursue freelance writing has had to answer this question: what should my freelance writing niche be? Recently I wrote about how to get started in freelance writing. In that post I gave a lot of advice for getting started in freelance writing, but I only briefly mentioned starting a blog […]
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