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Automated Investments

By Jared Dees

When you work for an employer, you fill out a lot of forms to select your medical and retirement benefits. For retirement, you ideally pick a percentage of your income to invest in an employer-sponsored retirement account. Many times companies will match up to a certain percentage of your investment. The amazing thing about this…

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May 15, 2018 Filed Under: Personal Finance

Frugality

By Jared Dees

“Frugality is the balance we seek. Frugality is the Greek notion of the golden mean. Frugality is being efficient in harvesting happiness from the world you live in. Frugality is right-use (which sounds, appropriately, like “righteous”)—the wise stewarding of money, time, energy, space and possessions.” Vicki Robin, Your Money or Your Life  On one extreme,…

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May 7, 2018 Filed Under: Personal Finance

How to Buy Stock in Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Your Other Favorite Companies

By Jared Dees

Apple, Amazon, and other big companies announced big earnings in the first quarter of the year. As of this moment, here is how much it costs to buy stock in America’s biggest companies: Apple: $176.89 Amazon: $1,5702.08 Facebook: $174.02 Berkshire Hathaway: $191.61 Google: $1,026.30 We own stock in all of them. Okay, I’m being a…

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May 5, 2018 Filed Under: Personal Finance

The Declutter Question: If I didn’t already own this, how much would I spend to buy it?

By Jared Dees

I just bought a few new t-shirts to wear during the day. They will make up my work-at-home attire. My rule is, however, that I cannot have more t-shirts than I can fit in one drawer and I have to wear the shirt that is furthest to the left. So, I need to get rid…

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May 4, 2018 Filed Under: Meaning and Motivation, Meaningful Work, Personal Finance, Productivity

How to Save: The Power of Percentages

By Jared Dees

How do you work towards financial goals of saving, paying off debt, and investing while still having money for things like cars, vacations, and updates to the house? We have found that saving in percentages has a powerful impact on our short-term and long-term financial goals. A lot of people already think this way for…

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May 2, 2018 Filed Under: Personal Finance

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

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