#MoneyTalks: What’s the one thing you regret wasting money on?

#MoneyTalks: What’s the one thing you regret wasting money on?

A new survey has revealed people’s biggest financial regrets.  

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Money comes and goes, although I’m sure for most of us we wish that second part wasn’t true.

Regardless, we all have regrets and those moments that we wish we just hadn’t wasted our money.

According to a recent study by Student Loan Hero, 83% of people surveyed said they have serious regrets about how they treated their money over the last year.

47% of the people surveyed revealed that their biggest financial regret was not saving as much as they wanted to.

Spending too much on items they didn’t need fell second of the list with 34%

The survey has also revealed a series of interesting facts about the stuff respondents regret wasting money on.

48% of respondents said they regret spending money on dining out, for 21% it was the shoes that caused them money woes, and a further 19% felt they spent too much money on cigarettes. 

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