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Secure Financial Future

By: Julian Tran Home | Arts-and-Entertainment


The way you spend and use your money is very important in the outcome of your lifestyle. If you want to live paycheck to paycheck; you buy expensive clothing, drink starbucks, eat out, and waste money everyday.

This guide is to help you cut back on some "luxury" expenses, but in turn can secure yourself a more healthy stress free secure financial future.

The first part of my financial guide is to cut back on wasted spending. Do you find yourself going to starbucks everyday? a $5 starbucks coffee everyday can cost yourself $1825 a whole YEAR!! Instead, buy coffee at a gas station for much cheaper or make them at home.

Another common expense is gas, of course I'm not going to tell you to not drive at all because that is ridiculous. But I can suggest for you to not turn your AC on at full blast, keep it at the lowest possible if it is needed. Air Conditioning in the car uses up a LOT of gas, at a high rate. A 25 gallon tank, Air Conditioning will use up 5 gallons. Click Here!

If you have a computer at home, and are not using it. Put it on standby mode, this is much more electric friendly because it takes a lot more power to turn on the computer everytime you want to use it. Also, the monitor uses up the most electricity, make sure you turn that off if it's not in use.

Do you have spare money sitting around at home or in a savings account? Instead of leaving it sitting there, put it in an online savings account such as http://www.hsbcdirect.com/ your money is very liquid in this account, meaning you can pull it out whenever you want with ease. You also earn about 5% APY on your money for a secure financial future.

Do you see yourself using cash or a debit card often? If you use a credit card instead, you can reap the benefits from the interest payments merchants make to the card companies. Credit Card companies offer deals such as cash back rewards, airline miles, discounts and more. You can get a credit card at The Credit Applications

Not only is this easier, but you can improve your credit rating at the Credit Bureau. At the moment high credit is important, you can no longer get good deals with a credit score of 500, you need 700 to get a decent loan with low interest rates for homes and car loans. A high credit rating means a lower cost for you. Interest payments will be cheaper, cell phone companies will not make you pay a premium, the list can go on. Establish your credit history now and look forward to the future. Repair credit? Click Here!



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