America Saves Week is an annual event that encourages you to check-in on your finances and make a commitment to save successfully. This year, the focus is on saving for what matters most.
Check this page each day during the week of April 8-12 for daily blog posts, videos and more.
- Save Automatically
- Save for the Unexpected
- Save For Major Milestones
- Paying Down Debt Is Saving
- Saving At Any Age
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Save Automatically
You’ve decided it’s time to start taking positive steps toward saving and working to turn some of your dreams into reality. Putting money aside is not always an easy task when there are bills to pay. The good news is that saving can be possible and made easy with regular contributions – no matter the amount you may have to set aside.Regularly contributing to a savings account is the best way to work toward your future goals, and the best way to make regular contributions is through saving automatically. Saving through automatic deposits or transfers is the most effective way to save and helps make it easy by allowing you to choose what and when you’ll save.
Read more in the America Saves Blog: Saving Automatically.
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Save for the Unexpected
How often have you heard that saving for life’s unexpected events is very important and a necessary part of being financially prepared? Most likely A LOT! Accompanying this message often is the statement that you need three to six months of expenses in your emergency savings account. Instead of focusing on what you haven’t accomplished, here are a few strategies to consider that may help you build your financial confidence and begin or continue on your path to saving for the unexpected.Read more in the America Saves Blog: Saving for the Unexpected.
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Save For Major Milestones
What do homes, education, and retirement all have in common? They are major life milestones that require advance planning and saving large amounts of money. That amount of advance planning and money saved that is needed may make you doubt your ability to reach these goals. Even if you don’t feel that way today, you may have in the past or may in the future.The good news is that there are ways to plan and save for these major milestones in a way that aligns with your values and current life situation and still sets you up for success.
Read more in the America Saves Blog: Saving For Major Milestones.
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Paying Down Debt Is Saving
The good news is that with planning and support almost anyone can reduce their debts and start to accumulate wealth through saving. But one quick thing you’ll need to understand, that many people often don’t consider is this: paying down your debt IS saving.In fact, that idea is a driving belief at America Saves, because when you reduce your debt you:
- Save money on interest and fees,
- Build and/or maintain your credit score, and
- Build your net worth by eliminating your debt.
Read more in the America Saves Blog: Paying Down Debt Is Saving.
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Saving At Any Age
Saving. Do you view it as an ongoing journey? Or do you consider saving as someplace you arrive at? At America Saves we are in the camp that saving is a habit, not a destination. And it’s a habit that can be formed at any age. Whether you are a parent trying to instill this habit in your children or you want to change your own saving behaviors, there are strategies that savers of all ages can develop. Read more in the America Saves Blog: Saving At Any Age.
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