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Survey: Saving a Top Priority For Millennials, but Impulse Spending a Major Barrier

Survey: Saving a Top Priority For Millennials, but Impulse Spending a Major Barrier

One in three millennials (34 percent) ranked saving as their No. 1 goal for the year – ahead of living a healthy lifestyle (20 percent), paying off debt (19 percent), and losing weight (14 percent). But while saving was a top priority, a majority of millennials attributed their lack of saving to impulse buying (65 percent).

According to a recent survey from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Ad Council, for older millennials - those born between the early 1980s and early 1990s - saving is crucial as they work toward major milestones in their lives.

Buika in Concert at Knight Concert Hall

 

Saturday, November 20, 2010, 8pm 
 "Think of Billie Holiday mixed with a hint of pop star Sade, and the spirit of the buleria, and you have some idea of her range."
- The London Times - details and tickets: Buika.

Around Fort Lauderdale and Miami next Weekend

Live in Concert:
The JetBlue Latin Concert Series: Shakira in Fort Lauderdale at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise.
Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 8:00pm
Tickets: very expensive -if you find them. I have tried but they start at around $300. I will be interested in last minute bargains.

Holidays in Fort Lauderdale

The holidays are here! Fort Lauderdale always has a very special feel during the holidays, particularly on Las Olas Blvd.

Here are a few of the happenings around town..

Christmas on Las Olas

A community tradition for over 50 years, come visit the Boulevard during this season!

Riverwalk
Light Up Lauderdale's Family Fun Zone - Dec. 20
Annual Christmas Concert - Dec. 20
Holiday Antiques Show - Dec. 26-28
Kosher Comedy Tour - Dec. 26

Tradewinds Park Light Display
Take a trip to Coral Springs to Tradewinds Park where this year they are presenting a 3-D display!

Calendar of Events through May 29th

WILD MUSIC: SOUNDS AND SONGS OF LIFE
Through May 31, 2009
Location: Museum of Discovery & Science and AutoNation® IMAX® Theater
401 SW 2nd Ave, Fort Lauderdale
954-467-6637

Each year an unbelievable feeding frenzy takes place in the oceans of South Africa, as billions of sardines migrate up the KwaZulu-Natal Coast.  The film captures spectacular breaching whales, feeding sharks, diving gannets, and massive bait balls inside and up close on the giant screen.  Audiences  will delve into an epic underwater struggle for survival and reveal the economic and cultural impact the migration has on the coastal communities.