Smart Financial Tips & Advice
Tweet Thirty years ago, trying to spend more money than you had wasn’t just embarrassing; it was a scandal. Since checks didn’t process instantly, a shopkeeper would have no way of knowing until days after the purchase. Writing one bad check would cost you check-writing privileges at that establishment and possibly land your likeness on […]
Tweet Embarking on home improvement and renovation projects can be exciting-and intimidating. To get inspired, you might spend weeks poring over home magazines, making the rounds to home improvement stores and searching the Internet. Or you might spend a day going to a home show. With hundreds of home and garden shows across the U.S., […]
Tweet We don’t normally like to tell you how to spend your money. Our members tend to be very good at that, often finding creative ways to turn the hours they’ve spent at the office into new ways to enjoy their lives. More often, we tell you how to not spend your money by letting […]
Tweet It’s that time of the year again: a combination of New Year’s resolutions and the start of tax time has many of us looking for a place to donate money. It can be difficult to figure out which charity is most deserving of your money and how to make your charitable donations work best […]
Tweet As 2015 draws to a close, it’s time to figure out if you’re in your best possible financial shape. While performing a self-audit can seem a daunting task, we’ve created a simple way to get started. Below, we ask three questions about where you are now compared to where you were a year ago. […]
Tweet So, whatever happened to that interest rate hike? It was supposed to happen all spring, then all summer, and now we’re supposed to be fully confident that the Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates by the end of 2015. But so far, it hasn’t. On one hand, that’s great news: You still […]
Tweet If you’re in the unfortunate position of considering a divorce, you’re likely overwhelmed by many things. Couple that with the draining effects of a failing marriage and it’s easy to let a simple thing like financial planning go neglected. Even if the separation is amicable, the stress of ending a partnership can be traumatic […]
Tweet It’s that time of year again! The nights get longer. Haunting winds rattle shutters and swaying trees cast spooky shadows in the moonlight. It’s time to tell ghost stories! These stories scare us, but they can also show us something. Let’s see what three of the most popular ghost stories can show us about […]