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5 Steps to Saving for a Car

Paco de Leon / March 20, 2017

Buying a car is not cheap. In fact, a car purchase is what many economists refer to as a “big ticket item”. And for good reason; the analysts at Kelley Blue Book report the average price for light vehicles in the United States was $33,666. For

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80 Years… and Counting

Dave Styler / January 27, 2017

Lockheed Aircraft Employees Federal Credit Union was officially chartered January 21, 1937.  Several weeks ago, with that milestone anniversary rapidly approaching, I took a few minutes to again read the original charter application, signed by the 12 Lockheed employees who founded our institution.  Unlike my

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