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The holiday and gift giving season is a few months away, but now is the time to start saving money. Summer is the perfect season for taking a proactive approach and socking away enough cash to cover all the unique expenses that are part of year-end festivities. Get a head start by crunching a few numbers to determine your target amount. After that, explore tactics that can improve your personal financial standing. In addition to refinancing school loans, hold a yard sale, stop eating out, and use an interest-bearing account to squeeze the maximum advantage out of the capital. Here’s how to get off square one and make it all happen.
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