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Thinking About Monthly Funeral Plans?

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How to Plan for and Minimize Funeral Costs

Are you thinking about monthly funeral plans? Your interest in freezing your funeral costs at today’s prices may have been piqued by press reports about the rising costs of funerals. A story in the Telegraph newspaper on the 1st of June 2018, for example, talked not only about the soaring cost of a funeral in the UK (the total average is currently some £5,000) but also the rising cost of cremation fees, too. Monthly funeral plans The soaring costs of funerals may make the purchase of a prepaid funeral plan a sensible option – by paying at today’s prices, you are able to beat at least some of the inflationary effects of steadily rising costs in the future. However, your … Read more

4 New Trends of Earning That You Should Know

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As we come to the close of 2018, we need to evaluate specific technologies that have helped people to make a decent living by working online either actively or passively. It’s relatively simple to tell where particular technologies are headed because they don’t appear overnight and takes time before they take off and finally become adopted by clients. This article will explain the four new trends of earnings that will dominate 2018. The modern approach to Banking The approach that the banks are now using will soon become outdated. The conventional methods of making payments will now become obsolete. Transfer-wise first challenged the banks by providing a more secure and affordable way of sending or receiving money internationally using their … Read more

Staying Safe When You’re New to the Life of a Student

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There are loads of posts around the web which cover student finances, study techniques, and the other parts of life which come when you start going to college or university, making it easy to settle into your new life. A lot of these resources ignore a very important part of this sort of transition, though. Having been living with parents for a long time, it can be hard to know what lengths you should be taking to stay safe once you become a student. To help you out with this, this post will be exploring some of the key risks which people in this sort of position can face, along with some tools to help you along the way. On … Read more

How to Avoid Ruining Your Financial Life

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Everyone makes mistakes now and then, many of which can be resolved with an apology, a little work, or some time. Money mistakes, on the other hand, aren’t quite so simple to fix, and can completely ruin your financial life, leaving you without enough cash to get you from month to month. There’s no way to prepare for everything that could go wrong with your finances, but there are many things that you can work to prevent. With that in mind, here are four things that you can do to avoid ruining your financial life. 1. Learn To Say No Excessive drinking, gambling, smoking, and substance abuse can all have a major impact on your life, threatening your health and … Read more

Weighing the Options: Should You Lease or Buy a New Car?

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Tips to Use When You Can't Afford Car Insurance

It’s time for a new car. You found your dream model. But now for the big question — how to pay for it? When it comes to purchasing a car, you can either lease it or purchase it in full. It all comes to cash flow. Both ways, you’ll own a car. Of course, lease or buy depends on what suits your needs and financial situation best. Buying a car means taking out a loan When you purchase a car outright and you don’t have the full cash to pay for it, you’ll have to take out a loan. Taking out a loan is risky sometimes, depending on the interest rate of the bank you’re borrowing money from. The interest … Read more

The Benefits of Debt Consolidation

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Escape the Weight of Your Crushing Debt

Debt consolidation refers to obtaining a single loan that’s used to pay off smaller loans, leaving just one monthly payment rather than multiple payments making it easier to manage. The benefits of debt consolidation can also help to lower the interest rate and monthly payment as well. While some may confuse it with debt settlement, it is not the same thing. In this case, you pay your debt in full so there isn’t a negative impact on your credit. There are benefits to debt consolidation. With the total U.S. household credit card debt as of June 30, 2017 at $784 billion, according to Credit Karma, it’s no wonder so many are looking at consolidating their debts. Benefits of Debt Consolidation Getting … Read more