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Family

Tips to Help You Teach Your Kids Good Financial Habits

Use these tips to get started teaching money management at home.
Teaching your children how to manage money at home gives you an opportunity to share your family's financial values while teaching an important life skill.
Retirement

Get Started With Charitable Giving

Here are some actionable steps to give your wealth an impact.
Choose a cause that inspires you and select partners you believe in.
Budgeting

Account Alerts for Better Money Management

Life is already busy. These account alerts make managing your money easy.
Account alerts can keep you from overdrawing your accounts and keep them secure.
Home

What Impacts Your Homeowners Insurance Premiums

Your home's condition and location, your financial history and your policy affect your premiums.
Know which factors can affect your homeowners insurance premiums so you can make the best choices for your home and budget.
Insurance

Choosing the Right Types of Insurance

Find the different types of insurance you need to ensure you have the right protection.
The many different kinds of policies available can loosely be categorized into two main categories: protection of property and protection of life.
Family

Executor Responsibilities for Wills and Trusts

If you have assets you plan to leave to loved ones, here's why you might want to choose an executor.
You must trust any potential executor and believe they can handle the responsibility.
Family

Try These Low-Cost Ideas for At-Home Fun

Don't let tight quarters ruin your fun. Try these inexpensive ideas to keep the fun flowing at home.
You just need to get creative to tap into your existing stockpile of fun.
Debt

Keeping Track of Expenses

Make your budget work harder for you by automating your expense tracking.
It's important that whatever method you choose for logging purchases and other expenses works for you and your lifestyle.
Saving

Good Money Habits for Your Family

These four essential financial skills will help you shape positive and lasting money habits.
Positive money habits start with a basic level of financial literacy.
Debt

How to Distinguish Good and Bad Debt

Not all debt is created equal. Know how to decide between good or bad debt.
Taking on debt without having a payoff plan is a warning sign to watch out for.
Debt

The Ideal Debt-to-Income Ratio

Your debt-to-income ratio calculates your monthly debt obligations relative to your gross monthly income.
Paying down monthly debts is the best way to improve your debt-to-income ratio.
Security

Keep Your Accounts Protected From Data Breaches

Data breaches are common enough that it's smart to put some protective measures in place.
If you don't see any immediate evidence of identity theft but are still concerned you're vulnerable, you can enroll in credit monitoring.
Saving

How to Save for a Wedding

You can have the wedding of your dreams, even on a budget.
A beautiful, meaningful wedding doesn't have to break the bank.
Home

Using Home Equity in a Crisis

Get to know your options for using home equity so you can make the right decision for you.
The most important factor in deciding whether to use home equity is your ability to pay back the loan or credit installments.
Banking

How to Switch Banks

Your complete guide to switching to a new bank.
Everything you need to make the change while putting you and your family first.
College

Start Saving for College Early

Once you establish a college savings habit, you can increase your contributions over time.
A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged way to invest money for your child's future college expenses.

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