6 Best Money Tips for Young People

These ideas for spending, investing, and saving will set you on the path to financial success

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This article is adapted with permission from Kimberly Palmer's new book Generation Earn: The Young Professional's Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back (Ten Speed Press).

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My biggest hope is to remain non-essential debt free..drive the same old car. Don't borrow if you don't need it, especially for material things like clothes and gadjets. Saving for unexpected.

jaime of FL 7:10AM January 23, 2012

My grandfather used to say :

"spend like a pauper, so you can live like a king"

Joziah of MA 10:58PM January 10, 2012

Perhaps, the very best advice I could give someone is Dave Ramsey. "Live like no one else, so later you can live like no one else."

alysa of OK 2:33AM October 11, 2011

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