It can be hard to get in good financial shape and to stay there, as most of us are not earning way more than we need to live on. To make matters worse, many of us are making some big blunders routinely, often without even realizing it.
Those blunders can hold us back from making progress toward our goals, such as a fully stocked retirement war chest. Here's a look at lots of mistakes many people make. See how many of them you have been making or might make in the future -- and how much you might save by avoiding them. Not making just a handful of these bad moves can leave you with tens of thousands more dollars -- or more.
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