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  • Written by Guest Blogger | March 14, 2014

    Shop around for auto and homeowners' insurance: Before renewing your existing policies, check out the rates of competing companies whose annual premiums could be several hundred dollars lower. 

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  • Four Tips for Getting Ready for a Deployment

    Written by Lila Quintiliani | January 9, 2020

     Sometimes deployments come with advance notice, but other times they can be sprung upon military families suddenly. While service members generally go through some pre-deployment processing, family members do not. Here are some tips for preparing for a deployment.

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  • Three Things to Know When You Have Two TSP Accounts

    Written by Cloud Spurlock, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board | December 19, 2019

    If you’re considering a role in the federal workforce after you leave uniformed services, you’re in good company. About one out of every three current federal civilian employees is a veteran, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Veterans who choose to continue serving our country as federal civilian employees bring unique skills, leadership experience, and diverse perspectives that enhance every corner of government work.

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  • The One Key Change to Military Credit Reports You Need to Know

    Written by Allison Spurgin, AFC Candidate® | November 11, 2019

    Recently the federal government instituted a change to the way they use servicemembers’ credit reports. Previously, the Department of Defense only checked credit reports when servicemembers’ security clearances were up for renewal. This meant that depending on your clearance level, the military was only looking at credit reports and scores once every 5 or ten years. That is no longer the case: now the Department of Defense will be continuously monitoring service member’s financial health.

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  • Are Vampire Costs Sucking Your Bank Account Dry?

    Written by Lila Quintiliani | October 29, 2019

    I didn’t notice the charge at first. It was a small amount, and it didn’t trigger my credit card alert, which I have set to email me a notification when a charge over a certain amount posts. Eventually, though, I was looking over our credit card statement, and something didn’t look right. I finally figured it out – my husband had signed up for a subscription to an online magazine a few months back and had forgotten to cancel it.

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How Smart Financial Decisions Can Create Opportunities 

Written by Stephen Ross, America Saves Program Coordinator | November 22, 2019

Of the many stories Military Saves shares, most describe how someone was in dire straits financially and worked their way out of it with the help of Military Saves. This time we want to highlight a different kind of story. This is a story about how responsible financial decisions can build on one another to create opportunities you thought only the super-rich enjoy.

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When You Start Small, Saving is Easy

When Attiyya first got married, she and her Marine husband had just graduated from college and were focused on paying off student loan debt. They had both attended private schools and had sizeable loans. Then three months after the wedding, the couple found out they were pregnant with their first child.

The first year of their marriage, says Attiyya, was a balancing act between paying down debt and saving for the future.

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Involving Kids in Family Finances

Written by | April 19, 2019

 

One of the best lessons we can share with our kids is about money. By middle school, kids should have a good understanding of how money works as well as the importance of saving.

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