Experian A2: Financial education provides knowledge and develops skills to make informed financial decisions which contributes to long-term financial stability. Financial education leads to positive changes in behaviors. #CreditChat

Experian A3: Budgeting tracks income and expenses, ensuring that spending aligns with financial goals and avoids overspending. A budget helps maintain financial discipline and contributes to a strong financial foundation. #CreditChat

Experian A7: Investments allow you to grow wealth over time, protect against inflation, and achieve long-term financial goals. Start investing as soon as you have a stable income and an emergency fund in place so you can take advantage of compounding returns. #CreditChat

Great advice, Jim Katzaman - Get Debt-Free One Family at a Time!

So important that we help people learn that get-rich-quick schemes, even for retirement, are probably not going to work. Love the marathon analogy.

Experian A9: Surrounding yourself with financially responsible individuals encourages you to continue good money behaviors, such as saving, investing, and avoiding unnecessary debt. You want to maintain your foundation; not erode it through negative influences and decisions.#CreditChat

Experian A10: Always keep learning even from mistakes you might make along the way. #creditchat

Experian A10: Practice mindful spending. Choose a budgeting method that works for you. Start building your emergency fund and begin investing when you can. It takes time, but the effort is worth it for the financial peace of mind you'll enjoy. #CreditChat

A10: Start early. Don't panic when markets shift. You have to stay in for the long term. Money and success are not things that happen over night. Make time your friend not an adversary. #creditchat

This was a terrific #CreditChat!

You're ready to build your financial foundation after today's #CreditChat. Thank you to everyone for the great financial tips!

Experian A10.2: remain financially curious. Your situation will change and therefore your financial needs will evolve too. The answer that might have solved your past financial issue may need to be recalibrated based on a different set of circumstances and variables. #creditchat

Thank you everyone! Wednesday is one of those days I surround myself with very smart people for an hour and learn from them! #creditchat

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Thank you! I wrote, Make Your Money Smile which talks about the 5 pillars to manage, earn, grow, borrow, and protect your wealth. It covers many of the topics from budgeting to earning more to investing for independence to borrowing better to estate planning and more #creditchat

Thank you so much, Jeanne! 😊 #CreditChat

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