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Couple counting money --- Image by © Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Blend Image/Blend Images/Corbis

Couple counting money — Image by © Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Blend Image/Blend Images/Corbis

The end of the year is just around the bend, and with it comes a number of opportunities for smart financial moves as well as last chances to take advantage of financial benefits. Here are six things you should consider doing in the next few weeks.

1. Donate to charities.

A donation to a charity is tax deductible, and that deduction comes straight off the top of your income taxes. If you’ve considered don

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There’s nothing I would love better than to sit down and tell my three boys all the right things do about money.

Unfortunately, just as is the case with every other lesson we provide, kids learn more from what we do than what we say. My boys are no exception to this.

If our words say one thing, but our behavior goes in the opposite direction, the kids will come away with our behavior but not our words. So how you behave with money will be the most important financial lesson that you can teach

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