If you’re someone who sticks to a well-thought-out monthly budget (and you should be), you’ll be in good shape to cover all of your usual monthly expenses, like housing costs, auto insurance, phone ...

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Sinking funds are an effective way to plan for upcoming expenses. For example, if you know you'll need to pay $750 to renew your car insurance in six months, you could put $125 into a sinking fund ...

The average American spends about 3% of their annual pretax income on travel, according to a Fidelity analysis of Consumer Expenditure Survey data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But if you’re ...