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Managing Your Money: Personal Finance Foundations
Get your own money in order: cash flow, good vs. bad debt and an emergency fund, and your savings rate.
Unit 1
Get Your Own Money in Order First
Before talking about investing, learn to see clearly and manage the money in your hands.
- 1Cash Flow & Living Within Your MeansIncome minus expenses equals what's left; budgeting is about seeing where your money went6 Q
- 2Good Debt vs. Bad Debt & the Emergency FundDebt that earns or carries low interest vs. high-interest debt for pure spending; build a 3-to-6-month cushion first6 Q
- 3Your Savings Rate Is What Really MattersThe share you keep, more than how much you earn, sets how fast you reach financial freedom6 Q