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5 Things To Evaluate When Selecting A Bank

Do you remember your first bank account? Mine was when I was 8 years old. My parents gave me an allowance but I had to put $5 away each week into a savings account. This was back in the 60’s and, at the time, it was a local bank.

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Times have changed and selecting a bank isn’t as easy anymore. Each bank has benefits and negatives about it. If you don’t want to feel like you’re being taken advantage of, you need to take more time evaluating banks and determining which one fits your needs the best before you go putting your money in one.

Here are 5 things you should evaluate banks on based on your circumstances.
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20 Personal Finance Ideas

There was a news story some years ago titled 20 Personal Finance Do’s And Dont’s. It was a pretty good story, and though I’m not going to quote it, I am going to list the 20, and add my own commentary. I recommend you go to the story to see what they had to say for each of them.

1. Don’t try to predict the future.

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This one is a no-brainer, and yet it’s not how most of us live. If we didn’t, would there be a stock market? The smart thing is to plan for the future instead of predicting it; you protect yourself better that way.
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