Whether you hope to fund part or all of your child’s college education, here’s how to get started. When families talk about college, the subject of money is never far behind. Seeing so many graduates overloaded with student loan debt, with 19% of borrowers owing more than $50,000 upon graduation, can be pretty scary for parents and students alike. As parents, you think the best thing you can do for your children is to encourage […]
Perhaps one of the most powerful things in education and unfortunately the least talked about as a necessary and essential tool for enhancing the quality of life and developing life skills is the concept of money. The role it plays and its significant value in promoting the wellbeing of others is a critical element of success. Goals for teenage and young adult saving particularly with the technology they have at their disposal is more important […]
Saving is a financial goal as old as time itself. When we were kids, our parents would always encourage us to save in order to buy our bikes. Today, we face the same practice, saving to buy a home, a car, or for retirement. Financial goals simply represent the financial priorities that are most important to us. These priorities may be long-term or short-term and may involve large sums of money. Therefore, it is important […]
If one thing we must credit the pandemic for is that it has made us better money managers. But for how long? If you have been following the business news for the past year, you will notice that there has been a shift in consumer expenditure patterns, prompted by the pandemic. Most of us have been forced to be money-savers, unable to spend our hard-earned money on holidays, socializing, and even commuting fees. In the […]
