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Building Wealth Is a Long Game. Here are Two Ways to Play It.

At Ellevest, we’re all about building women’s wealth. So we think about this pretty much all of the time.

Historically, there have been just a couple of ways to reliably do it.

And it hasn’t been by winning the lottery. Or even by being great at your job. And wealthy, long-forgotten relatives who leave you money have been few and far between.

Instead, to build wealth, you’ve historically had to tap into something that Einstein is said to have called the eighth wonder of the world.

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“Think of money as a joy, not a jail.”

–Elle Raiser @annjan4life when we asked you on IG about your list of 2023 money goals so far. Brb, gonna go cross-stitch and frame this.

Money tip of the week: Student loan repayments paused (again)

ICYMI: The Biden administration has once again extended the pause on student loan repayment, this time while it battles injunctions against its forgiveness program in the courts. (Payments were supposed to go back to normal in January.)

If the courts end up siding with the administration, the forgiveness program will get back on track, and repayments will resume 60 days later. If no decision is made by June 30, 2023, payments will resume 60 days after that (aka the end of August).

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Links to get you through the post-holiday week

•	Companies in the S&P 500 gained a net ten new women on their boards last month. A big reason for that? More companies are giving first-time board members a shot. “The addition of less experienced directors has been a key step in widening the pool of women who can serve on boards.”
•	New York officially became the first state in the country to ban cryptocurrency mining, citing its environmental impact.
•	Bigger cereal box, higher price … less cereal inside? If you’ve ever thought about “shrinkflation” — the phenomenon where brands downsize products ever-so-slightly to manipulate consumers and maximize profits — you’ll love this profile of consumer reporter (and expert fine-print-reader) Edgar Dworsky.
•	In case you missed it: Earlier this month, an American Bar Association panel voted to make the LSAT optional for would-be law school applicants. (Individual schools can still require it, though.)
•	“Swiftonomics”? Sure, why not?

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Building Wealth Is a Long Game. Here are Two Ways to Play It.

It’s Giving Tuesday! How do donations fit into your budget?

“Think of money as a joy, not a jail.”

Money tip of the week: Student loan repayments paused (again)

Mark your calendar

Links to get you through the post-holiday week

Build a better future for you — and a better world for all of us.

This week’s newsletter was brought to you while being legally no fun. Forward it to your friends who are dreading company holiday parties.

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