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Managing your personal finances is not always easy. There is a lot of information available to help you to identify what you should be doing, but what about the things you should not be doing!

It can be easy to try to take additional steps to improve your personal finances but much harder to change certain habits you may already have.

In some cases you may have been making financial mistakes for five, ten or more years and have never even realized it.

This short guide will help you to identify things you may be doing which are hurting your financial health. Use this guide to help you to identify the mistakes you may be making and learn how to fix them.

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One of the most important things you can teach your kids is how to manage money. It may not seem like a priority, but it should be.

The habits we learn at a very young age stay with us for most of our lives, so it is never too early to teach your children the importance of good financial management.

It may seem like a really difficult thing to do; how can you teach someone the value of something like money when they have just learned to count!

Don’t worry! Help is at hand

This short guide will provide you with the top 10 financial tips you need to teach your kids.

Starting a family is a major milestone in any person’s life. It is an exciting time with filled with anticipation.

However, it is also a time where your finances may come under some serious pressure. The expenses associated with a new child can be high and you will face these on an ongoing basis for at least 18 years!

Help is at hand. This short guide will provide you with the information you need to plan for this arrival financially, so you can spend your time enjoying this wonderful period in your life.

The guide helps you plan for the short, medium and long term adjusting the actions as your child gets older and their needs change.

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One of the most important investments you can make is in your child’s education. This is an investment with very limited risk but huge rewards.

However, a college education is also one of the most expensive things you will ever have to pay for. Tuition fees vary a lot but if your child is lucky enough to get accepted into an Ivy League college your bill for tuition fees alone could run to tens of thousands of dollars each year.

Help is at hand. There are many ways which you can prepare and ensure that you have the financial resources to support your child through college.