Category: Новости
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Budgeting for a grants-funded project: essential money management basics
Why grant budgeting matters in 2025 If grant money feels unpredictable, you are not imagining things. Over the last three years the pressure to prove that every grant dollar is well managed has grown steadily. According to Giving USA and Candid trend reports, US foundation and corporate grantmaking has stayed in the tens of billions…
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Saving for a grandchild’s education: 529 plan vs other options explained
Why grandparents are thinking about college savings again Saving for a grandchild’s education used to mean slipping a $50 bill into a birthday card or starting a small savings account at the local bank. Now college tuition looks more like a mortgage, and even nursery schools post their fees online. Many grandparents suddenly feel that…
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How to build a personal finance forecast for the next 12 months step by step
Why прогнозы денег на 12 месяцев — это не занудная таблица, а карта свободы Imagine, что через год ты открываешь банковское приложение и не гадаешь, хватит ли до следующей зарплаты, а спокойно выбираешь: ускорить ли инвестиции, добавить ли на отпуск, или закрыть кредит раньше. Вот это и есть цель грамотного personal finance planning for the…
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Smart ways to optimize your tax situation annually and reduce your tax bill
Most people think about taxes only when their accountant starts sending “gentle reminders” in March. In 2025, that mindset is dangerously outdated. With rapid changes in tax law, AI-driven audits, and more income coming from side gigs and investments, you now need an annual playbook, not a once‑a‑year panic. Below are smart, modern ways to…
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Personal finance map: how to visualize your goals and plan your money smarter
Most people think money planning is a boring spreadsheet and a sad latte ban. Let’s flip that. A personal finance map is more like a city map for your life: districts (housing, travel, education), roads (доходы и траты) и checkpoints (цели). Вместо «я должен меньше тратить» ты видишь, как каждое решение двигает тебя к конкретным…
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Saving for a family business: planning succession and future capital needs
Why “saving for later” is not enough for a family business Family businesses rarely die from lack of ideas — they die from lack of structured cash. People save “just in case”, but almost никто doesn’t save specifically for succession, buyouts and future capital needs. The result: the next generation wants to take over, the…
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Investing in inflation-protected securities as a safe hedge for your portfolio
Inflation stopped being a “temporary blip” a while ago, and by 2025 большинство частных инвесторов наконец признали: жить в мире нулевых ставок больше не получится. Поэтому интерес к защищённым от инфляции активам растёт, но люди всё ещё путано представляют, как они работают, чем TIPS отличаются от обычных облигаций и почему одних только золотых монет для…
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Managing credit card debt effectively: a practical guide to regain control
Why Credit Card Debt Became Such a Big Deal by 2025 If you feel overwhelmed by credit cards, it’s not just “bad self-control.” By 2025, consumer credit card use sits on top of several decades of changes. In the 1980s and 1990s, banks aggressively pushed plastic to the middle class, rewiring daily spending from cash…
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And memories that shape our lives and inspire heartfelt stories
When people talk about “and Memories”, they’re usually trying to name that fuzzy space between what happens and how we keep it alive. In practice, it’s about the tools, habits and little rituals that turn fleeting moments into something you can revisit years later without it feeling staged or fake. Photographers, archivists and even neuroscientists…
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Saving for a secure future: why long-term financial planning matters
Why Long-Term Planning Matters More Than Ever Saving for a secure future уже давно перестало быть темой «на когда‑нибудь потом». Сегодня это вопрос выживания в мире, где люди живут дольше, работа становится менее стабильной, а государственные пенсии выглядят все менее надежными. В развитых странах средняя продолжительность жизни за последние 50 лет выросла примерно на 10–12…