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Hands up all of the women out there that looked to Carrie Bradshaw for fashion and style tips between 1998 and 2004! She was undoubtedly the style icon of the late 1990s and early 2000s and the show was a massive hit on TV screens during its six season run. It looks set to make it big again in the Sex And The City movie that’s due out this year, but there’s much more to the show than fashion. In fact, the biggest thing you can learn from the show isn’t how to find you own style, it’s how to accumulate wealth! All four women were incredibly well off. In fact, three out of the four were rich in their own right. Ironically enough, it was just Carrie that wasn’t.

So how did Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha do it? How did three single women in their thirties earn enough to live a fairly luxurious lifestyle and still have money in the bank? Well, they told us how they did it repeatedly and offered up some of the best hints and tips to help the rest of us achieve a healthy bank balance as well. In case you missed it all, here’s the skinny on how to accumulate wealth the Sex And The City way!

A Woman’s Right To Shoes: Hold Back On The Luxuries

Carrie freaked out when she split up with Aiden after he’d bought her apartment. Not only was she heartbroken but she stood to lose her home as well. Gorgeous Aiden had offered to sell it to her for the same price he’d bought it for, but she hadn’t got a cent to her name. Why? Anyone that’s ever watched the show knows that Carrie is obsessed with shoes, especially those by top designers like Manolo Blahnik… aren’t we all… but she’d invested all of her money in them. Instead of having thousands of dollars in savings and investments, she’d got thousands of dollars invested in her wardrobe instead!

If you want to accumulate wealth, which would have led to Carrie being able to get a mortgage or buy her help without Charlotte’s help, then you should take a leaf out of the other girls’ books and put a savings plan into place. Carrie didn’t do that and nearly played the ultimate price.

Pillow Talk: Learn About Investments Before You Sign

Samantha Jones is a shrewd operator who thinks like a man, invests like a man but yet uses her woman’s body to get exactly what she wants, and boy does she! While bedding a stockbroker, Samantha taps him for insider trading information and makes a lot of great investments as a result. She actively accumulates wealth by getting information at exactly the right time from exactly the right person. Although Samantha’s way of getting the information she needed was 100% illegal, she had the right idea. You have to find out about any investment before you put your money where your mouth is and sign on the dotted line because you won’t get anywhere with guesswork… apart from the bankruptcy court maybe. Mortgages, shares, savings, bonds… you name it, you need to know about it before investing if you want to accumulate wealth!

Building Blocks: Consider A House Carefully Before Putting In An Offer

In the final series of Sex And the City, Miranda gives up her Manhattan apartment and moves to Brooklyn to be with Steve and their son Brady. She blatantly doesn’t want to move but decides that it’s best for her family. After visiting the house and seeing that it’s big and comfortable, Miranda puts in an offer, but only when she’s completely happy with her decision and the house itself. This is an important lesson because too many people rush into big decisions without actually thinking them through. By following Miranda’s example, you can make the right decision about a possible home and mortgage, and the same applies for any other investments and financial decisions you make, whether a personal loan, home insurance, car insurance or savings and investments. You’ll soon find that you have more money than you thought you would after making the right financial decisions and be a lot happier in the long run, just like Miranda.

Be Your Own Person: Don’t Financially Rely On Anyone

All four of the girls are guilty of this on so many levels, with the exception of Samantha. She doesn’t give up anything of herself to a guy until the last episode, and even then she remains completely financially independent of Smith… she has the right idea. Although a wife has always been traditionally financially dependent on her husband, it’s a big mistake to be that way today. There are too many financial pitfalls, as Carrie found out when she allowed Aiden to buy her apartment. Everything should be split down the middle if you’re looking at household bills, but you should have full control over your money.

All of the girls are very independent and that’s why all four can afford to live on their own with a relatively good lifestyle! Three out of four have money and that’s because they don’t let anyone into their financial affairs to direct what they can and can’t do with their money. Financial independence is the future, so go with it!

So there you have it folks! The most important four lessons on accumulating wealth that Sex And The City can teach us! Watch closely and you’ll be able to see the above four points in most episodes in one form or another but the examples given are the most prominent. It’s hard enough to get on your feet these days, so when you do manage it thanks to our favourite New Yorkers, do it in style!