Money Management Skills



Lecture 2: Managing Money with Life Cycle Theory

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look a lot different than the earnings path of someone who never

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earnings over their lifetime and divide it by their life expectancy,

you get the permanent income, or the amount of money you should

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Education is an investment. It costs you money, but more education means a

steeper earnings path.

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