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Family Budget Calculator. "How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly" by William J. Bernstein. SigFig - The easiest way to manage & improve your investments | Free online personal finance investment software. PayByGroup. Wallaby Financial | Automatic Credit Card Rewards Maximization - The Wallaby Card. Welcome - SmartAsset. Harry Dent's "The Great Crash Ahead (2011)" Announcing the Save $1,000 in 30 Days Challenge. You’ll notice that I haven’t written a lot about frugality on this site. That’s because Americans suck at frugality. We spend more than we make. We’re terrible at deferring our immediate wants and investing for the long term. We go into debt. And we blame everyone but ourselves. Remember, fundamentally, there are two ways to have more money. You can earn more money or cut costs. That all changed a couple weeks ago. I read this article, which explained that “As many as 80 percent of Americans are stressed about their personal finances and the economy.”

Right now, people don’t care about proper asset allocation or understanding average stock market returns. That’s why tomorrow, I’m launching the Save $1,000 in 30 Days Challenge. How to save $1,000 using the CEO Model Here’s how it works: Each day in November, I’ll post one suggestion to cut your spending. We’ll work through some of the tips from this woman, who paid off $14,330 in 20 months.

I promise: No stupid frugality tips Now what? 11 Personal Finance Equations You Need To Know.