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Posts Tagged ‘budgeting’

3 Secrets of Good ADHD Money Management

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 by johnsup

You can learn personal money management through books, seminars and classes. Unfortunately, even when they teach personal money management, nothing is said about ADHD money management.

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“How to Cut Your Kids Off”: Wall Street Journal

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 by Ken Kaye

The Wall Street Journal’s “Wallet” section notes,
In addition to moving back home with the folks, some adult children are relying more and more on their parents for financial support–a situation that can put added stress on already weakened retirement accounts and strained family budgets.

The short piece, illustrated with a boomerang, recommends sitting down with them [...]

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Budgeting in the City

Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Nick Kaye

It’s no surprise to read in today’s Times that New York City’s economy has been hit hard by recession-reduced subsidy checks from parents to 20-somethings.
Parents whose money helped fuel one of the city’s most radical gentrifications in recent years have stopped buying their children new luxury condos, subsidizing rents and providing cash to spend at [...]

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When Adult Kids Move Home

Monday, June 8th, 2009 by Ken Kaye

“If you’re going to let a young adult move home, then you should at least have some rules about what’s what. Blog post by Gail Vaz-Oxlade.

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Budgets Don’t Work

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 by Nick Kaye

The single most helpful idea I’ve come up with — instead of monthly budgeting, which I found useless — is thinking about my cash flow one day at a time. It’s surprisingly easy to calculate.

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