There is a lack of financial investment and education in our schools, among the many things not taught. If you are a high school graduate who does not know much about finance, with the exception of how to write a check and balance your checkbook, investing or saving for retirement is probably something you haven? It does not give much thought to. Therefore, here are some tips:
Eliminate debt
To better eliminate the debt, calculate and make a list of what they are spending on each payment of the debt and that you have with that. Make a commitment to permanently amounting to add to your budget. This part of your budget, I like to call the debt-payment of money, you can not change until they pay their entire debt to this method works best.
If you have any more money, get an increase or a bonus reward, to add to this budget. Do not go out and fly it. The most important factor to the elimination of the debt is not added to make purchases that you really do not need. That's how you have in your debt. If you can not pay for it in cash, you do not need it.
Take a look at each and put the debt at one of the following categories, listed in order of priority: the high-interest debt, the debt is not tax deductible, the tax repayment of debt and the mortgage.
Great interest is their credit card debts or loans on high interest. These must be paid first. Consider switching to a rewards card as a reward credit card. Once this debt is eliminated, making the money they were paying on their cards and loan payments and add to the next on the list to be eliminated.
Do not tax deductible debts are lines of credit, bank or car loans. Because it is adding the money used to pay on their cards to these payments, will have to pay this debt off much earlier.
Once again, after paying their loans, take the money used on their cards and loans and make your student loan or other tax-deductible debt and erase that debt.
You are almost free of debt. Their mortgage debt is the last you want to apply your payment of the debt-off of money. You are going to make extra payments with all the money that has decommitted the elimination of its other debt. You are not just the interest payments on your mortgage and any extra money you pay on your mortgage goes directly towards the principal. Let's say you have $ 100,000, 30-year mortgage with a 7.5% annual interest rate.
You have been making periodic payments during his 5 years. Now you decide to send its extra $ 250 each month. It has reduced its mortgage for about 12 years. That was 12 years before her own house, not the bank. To know when you will pay your mortgage, use a mortgage to pay off the calculator is online. The excitement over how many years you will be free of debt will give you the motivation to stick to that plan.
Article 10%
Do not start investing before eliminating their debt. First is the importance of becoming debt free. This is an exception, one of the oldest rules of investment, is set aside 10% of each salary and investment. This is not really going to mess up your monthly budget and something that anyone can start easily. By investing a percentage of their income, rather than a random number, are motivated to be consistent. If your pay varies, so that 10% of the amount you are putting some distance. Therefore, go ahead and start creating retirement fund.
Be realistic
Common sense tells us packing a lunch instead of eating out is going to save money. Going to the movies with her family every Friday night is obviously going to cost you. Go to the costly O'Latte Cafe every morning coffee instead of beer in his home is a safe budget leak. The question is why do these things? We have become comfortable. Everything is automatic or drive-thru or my favorite, "I just had to do. "Someone did come to you and put a gun to your head and say:" You have to buy a new car that what has been driving around for two years is a piece of garbage. "I highly doubt that happened .
Any purchase of cars, whether it is new or used is not an asset or an investment. The minute drive outside the luck in his new car automatically depreciation of their value. Newer cars carry the highest insurance rates. Buying new is not a wise decision. Used cars depreciate, but also the enormous loss felt with a new, it is not. The rate is much lower depreciate. Take car of your car, get oil and filter changes, reaching a melodies and implement on the ground. After that, buy a used car and do the same thing.
Bonuses and raises
This is so frustrating to watch. People who receive an increase or a rebate and spend it on something, which at best could be described as a fool, drive me crazy. Reverse its 2% by the addition of raising the amount of its 10% who are already investing. Take your premium and put into an emergency fund savings account. You go up or lived before his cousin, why spend a lot now? Do not be stupid.
Now what?
Keep doing what they are doing better and if you can. The temptation to buy what they can not afford to never go away. Over time you will also improve its ability to distinguish a want of a necessity, which will help you financially and avoid new debt. Keep up to date with new investment strategies, the study on how they functioned and what their yields, and not be silly.