Whether you're celebrating your first Valentine's Day or your fiftieth, it's never too early or too late to plan for your financial future. Here are ten tips to get you started.
Marriage is more than an emotional partnership, it's a financial one as well.
Be open and honest in sharing your thoughts about saving and spending, investing and borrowing. Wealth building in a marriage is best accomplished when it's a team effort, but since attitudes about money are acquired over a lifetime, be willing to make some allowances for each other's money habits. If you're just starting out, you need to decide who will handle money management tasks like balancing the checkbook, paying the bills, and monitoring investments. If you've been married for a while and one of you has been in charge of family finances for many years, perhaps it's time to make a switch. Saving money is much easier when you have specific goals in mind.