Get Financially Fit! | Graduation Parties

It's graduation party season! Let the planning begin, but don't break the bank! Sabah Karimi, contributor to U.S. News & World Report, shares with us How to Throw a Graduation Party on a Budget.

As graduation season approaches, many proud families will plan parties to celebrate their high school or college senior’s accomplishments. Larry Fredlund, a Minnesota dad whose blended family includes seven kids, is a graduation party veteran, having celebrated four already. This June, he and his wife will celebrate their daughter’s high school graduation with a budget-friendly bash in their eldest son’s yard and garage.

Here’s a look at money-saving strategies from Fredlund and several party-planning pros.

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Get Financially Fit! | Tips for New Grads

New grads often times are offered many tips and tricks for making it out in the "real world." It can be
a little overwhelming. Geoff Williams, contributor to U.S. News & World Report, shares with us just 5 Must-Know Money Tips for New Grads.

If you have a son or daughter graduating from college this spring, or if you're the son or daughter in question reading this, it may have occurred to you that figuring out how to pay for college was the easy part. Your real financial education is about to start: that is, how to best manage the money you're going to make.

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