April 20, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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Financial Focus

PART I – The Top-4 Common Mistakes Most People Make When Setting Goals

Rina Risper014 mins

 By Sherry Brantley

 
Goals. What a wonderful tool we get to use in order to assist us in making our dreams come true! Goals help us to shape our destiny, create our future and begin to experience the life we’ve always envisioned for ourselves. Goals excite us, ignites the passions within us and helps us to keep our eyes on the prize when challenging times arise.

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Jill on Money: Financial risks you can control

Rina Risper06 mins

 

By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Content Agency

  Earlier this summer, the Economist Intelligence Unit updated a list of the top 10 global risk scenarios. 

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The Power of Positive Thinking Creates a Financial Increase

Rina Risper07 mins

 By Porsche Miles Grant 

 
What you believe, has the power to manifest. We’ve all heard the saying, “What you believe, you can achieve.” This saying also applies to your finances.

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Jill on Money: Time for mid-year maintenance on your finances

Rina Risper07 mins

 

By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Content Agency

  Global uncertainty, volatile markets and elections are out of your control, but there many things you can do to control your financial destiny. 

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SCAM ALERT: Some Degree Programs are not FULLY Accredited

Rina Risper09 mins

  By George White

New America Media
 
Federal law enforcement agencies and their state-based watchdog partners are stepping up efforts to protect the integrity of academic degrees by shutting down education programs that are not fully accredited. They’re also cracking down on alleged degree-for-fee scams that help some enrollees commit fraud or that saddle unsuspecting students with worthless diplomas. 

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Make a Good Impression, the First Time!

Rina Risper07 mins

 

By Porsche Miles Grant

 
In my previous article (Land the job, Increase your Finances), I discussed the proper ways to land a job. I covered the proper attire, and manner in which a person should conduct themselves

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Jill on Money: The tricky business of getting Americans to save more

Rina Risper06 mins

 

By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Content Agency

There is some much-needed good news for retirement savers: As investing fees hurtle toward zero, employers are seeing the benefit of ditching expensive funds from 401(k) plans and replacing them with cheaper index funds. The result has been a boon for retirement savers.

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Encore Careers: Becoming Your Own Boss

Rina Risper08 mins

 Presented by Sara Frank-Hepfer, CFP®, AAMS®

 
When we think of today’s entrepreneurs, young technology developers like Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook, or Sergey Brin and Larry Page, founders of Google, often come to mind. But while fresh-faced tech innovators may dominate the headlines, another crop of businesspeople is proving that it’s never too late to forge an entrepreneurial path. 

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Jill on Money: The tricky business of getting Americans to save more

Rina Risper06 mins

  By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Content Agency
 
There is some much-needed good news for retirement savers: As investing fees hurtle toward zero, employers are seeing the benefit of ditching expensive funds from 401(k) plans and replacing them with cheaper index funds. The result has been a boon for retirement savers. Why are fees so important? Like termites that eat away at your foundation, higher investment costs can erode your potential savings by tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars over your lifetime. 

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Land the job, Increase your Finances

Rina Risper07 mins

By Porsche Miles Grant

 
It may seem like common sense, but common sense is not so common. Therefore, it’s no shock that how you dress, what you say, and how you conduct yourself can either lead to an increase or a decrease in finances.

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