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5 Financial Moves You Should Start Making Right Now Don't wait for New Year's resolutions to start saving.

By Brittney Castro Edited by Dan Bova

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In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Brittney Castro gives viewers five great financial tips to use this year to save more and create more long-term wealth. These tips are fairly simple, and doing any one of them will help. For example, you could hire a financial planner, and that planner could help guide you to a more successful future. But if you don't trust other people with your money, you could follow some of Castro's other tips, like doing independent financial research or creating a budget.

Regardless of where you are financially, these tips can help you move forward and pay off that debt, get ready to pay for your kid's college tuition payments or even save for retirement.

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Related: 3 Common Money Mistakes You're Probably Making

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Brittney Castro

Founder and CEO of Financially Wise Women

Brittney Castro is the founder and CEO of Financially Wise Women, a Los Angeles-based financial planning firm for women where she offers a free 30-minute financial planning session. She is a certified financial planner and specializes in working with busy professional and entrepreneurial women who are passionate about life and want to gain clarity around their money.

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