With the overall economy in a serious slump, the upcoming new year provides a fantastic reason to turn your own personal finances around.
Try out these ten simple tips and turn over a new financial leaf:
1. Deal with your debt, especially credit cards. You can easily save $700 by transferring a card with an 18% interest rate and $2,000 balance to a new card with a lower 8.25% rate. Even better, apply for a new card with a 0% balance transfer offer, and save even more.
2. Stick to a budget for just one week. It takes serious willpower to stick with a budget, but you could doubtless manage it for a week, right ? If you track your spending for just that week, you’ll gain some insight into where your money went. You may also find an obvious item to cut back on. As an example, you might influence that your daily mocha-latte isn’t worth the $20 you spend each week.
3. Pay a bit extra on your mortgage and save tens of thousands later. Paying just a hundred dollars additionally a month on a $200,000 mortgage will save you over $60,000 over the 30 year life of the loan, and you’ll pay off the loan five being earlier!
4. Use your company’s flexible health-care spending plot. Just place a set amount into the plot each month, then you can pay for items like copayments, chiropractors, prescriptions, common over-the-counter drugs, air purifiers, and more. And, those payments are made with your PRE-TAX salary, which saves you 10-30% or more.
5. Clip those coupons! Takes a bit of work on your part…but it’s not as time consuming as you reckon. Plus, you will save hundreds. Coupon fanatics save over 50%, and sometime 80% on their grocery bills. With much less effort, you can easily save at smallest amount 20%. Since the average cost per week of food for a family of four is $225 (source USDA), you can net back over $20 a week.
6. Do those small projects that save energy around your house. You Replace the weatherstripping on your windows and doors, place more insulation in the garret, brush out the fins on your air conditioner’s outdoor unit, or just switch out your set alight bulbs for CFL’s. Compact Fluorescent bulbs save around $9 each per year, and last 7 being. That’s $63 saved with one minute of effort!
7. Don’t eat out as much. Sure, it’s convenient, but it’s very costly. Eat out just one time per week and use some of the savings to prepare a upset special at home. You can have a fantastic steak every week and still save money.
8. Save money on your 2008 tax bill. Consider a small professional help this year…it’s worth it. If you can’t afford the help, at smallest amount try one of the major software packages. They all have a module that will help you find deductions and credits that you are due. And…don’t wait until April…if you do it now, you’ll have your refund sooner.
9. Take a close look at your insurance policies. The new year is an ultimate time to look at your auto, home and life insurance, and consider some money-saving changes. Perhaps you have too much coverage, or could benefit from a higher deductible. Or, you could look at combining your auto and home insurance under one company for the additional discount.
10. Stop Smoking. At $4-5 a pack, a one pack per day smoker can save around $1500 a year. That’s not even taking into account the discounts on life insurance, and your health and well-being. If your aren’t ready for that huge of a step, consider switching to a generic brand, and save $350 in 2009. Or…just cut back to half a pack and save $750.
Norm Deplume
http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/top-10-money-saving-resolutions-for-the-2009-new-year-712157.html
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