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Article: MONEY MONDAY: Financial resolve; 8 New Year's resolutions to improve your finances
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- New Haven Register
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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With many people making New Year's resolutions today, it's a good
time for consumers to take stock of their financial standing and take
steps to improve in 2007, according to financial planners. Paying off
holiday debt, borrowing smartly and saving should top consumers' list
of financial resolutions in the New Year, said William Saas,
principal of Saas Kirwan Associates in Wallingford.
"Get rid of that debt," he said, adding that recovering from
holiday expenses is the first step in gaining financial stability in
the New Year.
The Connecticut Society of Certified Financial Planners advises
consumers to add up how much they owe on each of their credit cards,
then create a plan for paying off ...