Coosa Valley Credit Union Blog

Passing your final exams and getting the last of those 15-page papers written might have seemed tough. But as graduation looms, so do the challenges of the real world, including the challenges of personal finance....

When budgeting, artistic people often despair. After all, "accounting is for the logical half." Meanwhile, left-brained folks often lack the creativity it takes to stay within a proposed budget. The reality is,...

Are you a young adult just getting started in the working world? Most millennials have heard the term "pension plan," but don't truly grasp what the phrase means. After all, the corporate pension plan is...

Marriage isn't just a matter of walking down an aisle and saying "I do." When you get married to someone, you are about to embark on a life together. And that new life often means big changes when it comes to your...

There's a new buzzword these days, and that's "passive income." While the term may have exploded in popularity, the concept is not so new. Investopedia describes passive income as "Earnings an individual derives from a...

Without financial goals, your money is just money. It's easy to fritter it away when you don't have a plan for it or even easier not to see the point of having money when there's no goal behind it. The key to...