21 Great Ways To Use $1,000

From buying a long-term bond to smart vacation planning, we’ve rounded up financially smart ideas to make the most of a thousand bucks.

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High inflation has taken a toll, so your dollars don’t stretch quite as far as they once did. But if you have $1,000 to spare, you can still give your savings and investments a boost, make an impact on causes you care about, or reward yourself with a vacation or home upgrades. 

Kiplinger has rounded up 21 ideas to make the most of a thousand bucks. 

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Sandra Block
Senior Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Block joined Kiplinger in June 2012 from USA Today, where she was a reporter and personal finance columnist for more than 15 years. Prior to that, she worked for the Akron Beacon-Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. In 1993, she was a Knight-Bagehot fellow in economics and business journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has a BA in communications from Bethany College in Bethany, W.Va.