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Banking

How To Benefit From Having Multiple Savings Accounts

use multiple bank accounts to save for your goalsDo you know anyone who has two savings accounts? Do you know why they have two savings accounts? Did you know that many financially savvy people do this in order to stash their money away in places where they don’t have quick access to it?

So, why is having more than one savings account beneficial? The reason this is beneficial to you is because you can save money in different places in order to meet different goals. For example, if you want to save for a vacation sometime in the future, then you can use one of these accounts as your vacation savings account.  Let’s say you want to save for college as well, this is where the other account will come in handy. What you need to understand is that by putting money into a separate account for a certain purpose is a really great way to save, and in fact, it makes saving easier as you will be able to see your progress more easily.

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Debt

Paid Off Your Debt? Now It Is Time To Save

Many folks work really hard in order to pay off their debt, including credit card debt, car loans, student loans, and their mortgage.  This is an excellent idea, although, sometimes once our debt has been paid off, we get careless with our money.  We suddenly have all this extra money at our disposal and it can be tempting to splurge.

Instead of blowing money that you no longer need to use to pay off debt, consider saving that money instead.  For example, if you were making $350 payments towards your car loan and then you finally paid it off, why not allocate the $350 towards contributing to your retirement savings and other investment accounts to save for your short and long term goals?

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Money Saving Tips

Stop Wasting Your Money On Lottery Tickets

Too many Canadians are wasting at least $2 every week by buying lottery tickets. Although it is true that a lucky few do win big, most folks might get a free ticket once in a while, or win a minimal amount of money to keep them hooked.

If everyone who was in the habit of buying lottery tickets regularly decided to save their $2 every week instead, this would mean that they could save $104 per year.  Now over one year that doesn’t’ sound like much, but over 10 years that is a savings of $1040, not to mention interest or growth earned from the amount saved.

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Money Saving Tips

How Far Are You From Reaching Your Savings Goals?

Are you saving for something specific right now?  Do you have any upcoming vacation plans or are you saving to buy a newer vehicle within the next couple of years?  Whatever your savings goals might be, there is a really great tool called the Basic Savings Calculator that can help you determine how attainable your goals are.

Simply enter your information into the fields and you will get a basic idea as to how long it will take you to achieve your specific goal and how much you need to save.  Every once in a while, use this calculator to do a quick “check up” to see how you are doing.

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Investing

Start Saving For Retirement When You Are Young

Have you ever stopped to think about how long your retirement may last?  For some people, retirement can be as much as one third of their lives!  That can be a daunting thought considering we need to prepare for retirement during our working years and hope we have saved enough.

Due to advanced technology in the healthcare field, it is much easier for many folks to live a lot longer than they might have anticipated.  In order to prepare thoroughly, we must start saving for retirement as soon as possible.

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