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Gifts for the financially challenged
Quick ReadAfter a year of financial ups and downs, it may be that gifts of common sense would be welcome. Here are some suggestions.
Photo credit: Handout | Piggy banks, $12 and up. Review: Check the selection at UncommonGoods.com, featuring the oversized computer key above (to help you save, get it?), $12. Also available is a "swear bank" to both build savings and clean up language, $14. "College students can decorate their dorm room with piggy banks and save money, too," Gamm says. Search uncommongoods.com.
In years gone by, the young and financially challenged on your holiday list may have gagged at the thought of receiving a gift to enhance their financial literacy.
You may recognize these strugglers as those who "hope the month runs out before the money does," says Michael Kresh, a certified financial planner in Islandia.
This year could be different, though, as coupon use and shopping...
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