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Military Saves Start saving cash now for those holiday presents: Make sure you're not paying unneeded services, like premium cable channels you rarely watch. Cutting one or two premium channels or stepping down a tier can save $15 a month. You may save another $20 by combining internet and cable or phone service. Eileen AJ Connelly AP
Military Saves Start saving cash now for those holiday presents: Take a look at your monthly bills and credit card statements. Do you often pay your bills late? Not only is that damaging your credit score, it's also costing you a fortune -- up to $39 for a credit card...Eileen AJ Connelly AP
Military Saves Start saving cash now for those holiday presents: The Center for Responsible Lending says 44% of all overdrafts are caused by debit card transactions, not rubber checks. The FDIC found that 5% of consumer accounts pay 20+ overdraft fees each year... If keeping track of your account saves you just 2 overdraft fees of $30 each, you'll save $60...Eileen AJ Connelly AP
Military Saves Have you seen the new MilitarySaves.org Web Site?
Military Saves Our new website is live. Check out the new look!! Do you like it?
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Military Saves is a national campaign to persuade, motivate, and encourage military families to save money every month, and to convince leaders and organizations to be aggressive in promoting automatic savings.
Military Saves Start saving cash now for those holiday presents: Keep track of every purchase. One way to get started down the right path is to simply balance your checkbook. If you don't write down all your debit transactions & ATM withdrawals, consider this: Banks and credit unions stand to collect nearly $39 billion from over draft fees alone this year! Eileen AJ Connelly AP
Military Saves Start saving cash now for those holiday presents: Do you prepare a monthly budget? The first step in any sort of cost control effort must be keeping track of spending. Using online banking or a free money management service, you can get a breakdown of how much you spend in different categories--which will give you a good idea of where to start looking for savings. Eileen AJ Connelly AP
Military Saves Happy Halloween! Here is a short message on saving for retirement: The Horror Show: There's no escape from...the day you retire!!
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Military Saves The October Military Saves Newsletter has been posted to the website!
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Military Saves is part of America Saves and is operated by the non-profit Consumer Federation of America. Military Saves is a partner in the Department of Defense Financial Readiness Campaign,and is supported in part by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank, and Chase Bank. ...
Military Saves The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports of a fraudulent e-mail that has the appearance of being sent from the FDIC. The subject line of the e-mail states: “check your Bank Deposit Insurance Coverage.” The e-mail tells recipients that, "You have received this message because you are a holder of a FDIC-insured bank account...
Military Saves How Can I Use the L Funds in My TSP Account? Use the L Funds if you are looking for a simple, low maintenance way of investing money in your TSP account. The L Funds make the investing process easy for you because you do not have to figure out how to diversify your account or how and when to rebalance.
Military Saves TSP offers five L Funds: L Income, L 2010, L 2020, L 2030, and L 2040. Each is a professionally determined mix of the TSP's individual funds targeted to a specific retirement year. The funds take into account when you'll need your money and diversifies your account accordingly - it becomes more conservative as you approach your target date.
Military Saves Get help from a financial expert or consider enrolling in a money management class (e.g., learn how to invest, etc.). You can use Military One Source to access financial experts or tap into your Navy Fleet and Family Support Center, Army or Marine Corps Community Services, or Airman and Family Readiness Center!
Military Saves Miltiary Saves Quarterly Theme--Retirement--Check out the Quarterly Resources!
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Military Saves is part of America Saves and is operated by the non-profit Consumer Federation of America. Military Saves is a partner in the Department of Defense Financial Readiness Campaign,and is supported in part by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank, and Chase Bank. ...
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The latest Military Saves Newsletter is posted: What's Interest--You can, and most of us do, pay interest on a variety of things like houses, cars, and credit cards. No matter what type of loan you have or the way it is calculated, it boils down to essentially the same principle: interest is the price of credit. Mo...re plainly put, interest is what you pay to a lender for the privilege to use money you don't currently have, with a promise to pay it back at a later date.Read More
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Military Saves is part of America Saves and is operated by the non-profit Consumer Federation of America. Military Saves is a partner in the Department of Defense Financial Readiness Campaign,and is supported in part by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank, and Chase Bank. ...
