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Inflation - “Inflation” means that the general prices of goods and services goes up from one year to another. There are a few ways to calculate inflation - from a simple "basket of goods" compared over time, to complicated economic models looking across thousands of factors Read More...
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Receipts – Keeping and Tossing - If you save receipts for every purchase you make the paper will pile up quickly. Think about what types of receipts you DEFINITELY need to save, and which ones you can throw out! Read More...
Advanced Investment Return Calculator - The Advanced Investment Return Calculator can help you find the difference between simple and compound interest or see how big an impact your tax rates and inflation have on your savings over time! Read More...
Accounting for Automatic Payments - Automatic Payments can be a huge time saver, but can also be problematic for your planning processes and account reconciliations. What cases are they appropriate? Can you think of a case where automatic payments would… Read More...
Consolidating Debt - Consolidating your debt means taking out one big loan, and using that to pay off all outstanding balances from all your previous loans. This can make the debt easier to manage, and stop late fees… Read More...