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Financial Literacy For Beginners: Steps To Financial Success

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Avoiding Debt: Including safeguards like an emergency fund—something financial literacy encourages—can prevent you from falling into debt when unplanned costs like medical emergencies, car breakdowns and home maintenance repairs arise. They involve lending money to a corporation or government in return for periodic interest payments.

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3 middle class families across America share what they earn, spend, and save

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Although household incomes have increased considerably since 1970, the share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021 (the last time Pew did an analysis of government data). In fact, that 50% number has been holding steady for the last decade, says Pew Senior Researcher Rakesh Kochhar.

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Jack of all… master of SOME!

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What it means is you cannot be an expert in how your air-conditioning system works, how it should be cleaned and serviced, nor can you be an expert in what sort of chairs are out there and the many functions of them all or an insurance or rates whizz who knows exactly what the best products are out there for your business.

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This is what it looks like to be single and middle class in New York, Ohio and Florida

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Although household incomes have increased considerably since 1970, the share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021 (the last time Pew did an analysis of government data) with adults in single-earner households being among the groups that slid down the income ladder the most between 1971 and 2021.

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What to do if you run out of money in retirement

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You must stay up-to-date on property taxes and home maintenance. HECM reverse mortgage loans are federally insured. This similarly named program is administered by the federal government working in conjunction with individual U.S. state governments. You must live in the home full-time.

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A Rise in Independent Workers Highlights Trends and Concerns Facing the Gig Economy

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“There are a lot of full-time workers who should be classified as full-time employees and receive all the benefits that a full supplier receives, but they’re being classified as independent contractors so that companies can skirt around paying the taxes and benefits that they need to the government,” Espinal explains.

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What is a PEO?

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This allows the PEO to handle functions such as payroll, benefits, tax remittance and related government filings. Joining a PEO provides you with workers’ compensation insurance coverage. Management of certain employee-related claims and provision of Employee Practice Liability Insurance (EPLI). One-stop shop.

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