Articles Tagged ‘financial planning’

How to Use Cash Flow to Plan for the Future
Monday, February 4th, 2013
How to Use Cash Flow to Plan for the FutureCash flow analysis is an underutilized but extremely important element of personal financial planning. In its most basic form, cash flow is a measure of an individual’s total income versus their total expenses over a certain period of time. By incorporating a number of different financial measures into a single number, cash flow can help an individual plan for their future. If a consumer never calculated cash flow before, they shouldn’t spend countless hours making sure every last cent for every account is in their budget. The point of a cash flow analysis is simply to gain an understanding of...

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Financial Planning for Newlyweds
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Marriage is more than just an affirmation of two people’s love for one another. It’s a joining of two lives. Once you become husband and wife, you become one household with one set of finances. While you might keep separate bank accounts, any money that one spouse makes or any debt that one spouse incurs now belongs to both of you. That’s why it’s so important that newlyweds do some serious financial planning. Ideally, it should start before you tie the knot. At the very least, it needs to get underway as soon as the honeymoon is over. Also...

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