Savings Guide – Daily Saving Money Tips

Summer. It makes us happy, it makes us healthy and it can save us money into the bargain. Here’s how.

My younger brother, a keen saver from the times of infancy, sat in dismay at about eight years of age at the thought that all my parents would leave us would be their debt. He may not be far wrong, and according to an article by Ian Cowrie in the UK Telegraph, we wouldn’t be alone in that. Two thirds of adults expect to inherit money, while half of those aged over 50 are already spending the money they would have thought to have left their children.

It would seem that everything in life gets a comment. Our love lives, our jobs, the state of our finances. And- to make things even more frustrating- the comments, advice, warnings, congratulations are usually completely incompatible. So, in the midst of the maelstrom, here are three pieces of advice from the Barefoot Investor that should steer you truly.

Those lucky Baby Boomers. With aging parents and adult children still living at home, they are literally being sandwiched without much space left in the middle for their own concerns. While a crucial contribution and one you would never give up, if this applies to you, in all likelihood, your finances, time resources and brain space will be stretched. Here are some coping strategies, both financial and otherwise

It seems so often that we have absolutely no money, nothing to spare in our savings. So how can we start saving when it feels like we don’t have enough for necessities? Here are some thoughts.

I will always claim I’ve cut down on spending areas again and again- how much further can we cut? But here are a couple of areas of our everyday lives that we could make big savings on and release some of the strain on our monthly budgets