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TALKING ABOUT MONEY: EIGHT TIPS TO TURN THE TABOO INTO A CONSTRUCTIVE, OPEN CONVERSATION
Money and household finances are among the most important topics that families and couples should be discussing, especially during periods of economic stress. Yet many of us would prefer to talk about just about anything other than money. Indeed, in a survey of 1,200 Americans, the Capital Group, an investment manager, found that people are more comfortable talking about marital problems, mental illness, drug addiction, race, sex, politics and religion than they are about money.
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Maximizing Your Home as an Asset
(Part 3 in a series of articles about home ownership)
Owning a home provides you with much more than a roof over your head. Your home is a versatile asset, a kind of financial Swiss Army knife that can be used to help fund a college education or to pay down an onerous credit card debt, for example, or to provide a steady income stream, or as an investment that adds diversity, growth potential and tangibility to an asset portfolio.
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Living on a Lower Income: 10 Tips to Stay Financially Afloat Through the Covid-19 Crisis
All it took was a matter of weeks for the Covid-19 pandemic to turn what had been a prolonged period of low unemployment into a muddle of lay-offs, pay cuts, furloughs, lost income and overall unemployment levels not seen since the Great Depression almost a century ago.
Amid the considerable damage the global health crisis has inflicted on individuals, households, businesses, communities and entire economies, the loss of jobs, income and workplace benefits has been especially painful, leaving millions of Americans on tenuous financial footing as they scramble to pay their bills, cover their expenses, stay on track with their goals and generally keep themselves financially afloat.
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