Each share of stock effectively represents a partial claim on the earnings or net income of the company (how much money the company is making after all expenses and interest payments to bondholders), and each share is given voting rights in helping to determine how the company directs their business.
Cheddah, bricks, green-backs, dough, bread, cake, ducketts, dead-presidents … whatever you wish to call it. But in the investment world you rarely actually hold cash in your accounts, but rather “cash-like” instruments. Whether you choose a cash investment or just keep an extra amount stored in your checking account, it is a good strategy to always have enough cash on hand to cover at least three months of your normal expenses.
Since budgeting and expense tracking is difficult, make it so you don’t have to think about saving! Set an automatic contribution to your employer’s 401(k) retirement plan the first week you start work (get focused).
It’s hard to save if you don’t know how much you are spending. See what fat you can trim from your budget you just made to see where you can save!
It is critically important to understand what you want to do with your money in the near-term (goals) and what you wish to do with your money over the long-term (dreams).
Though nothing is guaranteed, getting focused and following these principles will only help.
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