Sometimes finances go beyond your own and involve the finances of good friends or family members. When the finances aren’t yours, but those close to you, how do you help those that are obviously having trouble keeping their finances under control? This was a question that was raised in the forums:
Over the Memorial holiday my […]

By Wixx, special contributing writer
I am sure that I am not the only person who did not bid on your auction because of one of these reasons. That means that you may now be relisting your item, or selling it for a lot less than what you could have. The following is a rant. […]

As I have mentioned before, the problem of how to become wealthy isn’t that you don’t know what to do, it’s that you aren’t doing it. The road to wealth can be found in three simple steps:
1. Start saving early
2. Spend less than you make (save a minimum of 10%).
3. Invest the money you don’t […]

By Amy L. Fontinelle
According to a recent Charles Schwab Financial Services survey of 1000 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18, the average teenager believes that they will earn an annual salary of $145,000 a year. Teenage boys believe that they will earn an annual salary of $173,000 while girls believe they will earn […]

This is a bit scary. Banks not following basic advice to shred any information that could be used by identity thieves. Some people went through the trash of several Chase banks and found forms that identified persons with names, address, social security numbers, account numbers, user names, temporary passwords and more. You would think that […]

By Tina Parcell
I started saving my pocket change in October of ‘06. More precisely, I saved change and one dollar bills from my personal allowance. It began as a challenge more than anything else: I simply wanted to see if I could do it. To my surprise I was able to consistently save 25% of […]

One would assume that you could place your money in a bank and it would earn you money there. That, unfortunately, is no longer the case. Banks have so many fees and charges that you can easily lose money keeping it in a bank. Here are ten steps you should take if you haven’t already […]

A lot of problems with finances are the direct result of being financially lazy. That is, you know what you should be doing, but you’re just too lazy (or have a convenient excuse) not to do it. And while life is certainly not about making sure every detail of your finances is perfect 24 / […]

One would assume if you had a positive amount of money in a bank account, then you your be safe leaving it there. That is not the case these days as one member explained in the forums:
I had a saving account that I had a car payment automatically withdrawn from a few years ago. The […]

With my previous post The Best Place To Hide Money - Conversation With A Burglar being one of my most popular posts ever on this site, there wasn’t any hesitation when I was at another gathering over the weekend and spotted the former burglar that had given me the information. I went straight up to […]