Personal Finance

by Shannon Christman

Financial Nostalgia: Do We Really Want to Return to the Days of Ten Cent Ice-Cream Cones? My Dad loves to save money and to tell stories. One way he combines these loves is to reminisce about the low prices in ... read the story

by Cortni Marrazzo

Finding Your Financial Goals In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become... read the story

by Jeffrey Strain

Finances For Artists: Insurance and Legal Concerns By David John Marotta For those working in the arts, financial planning is artistic freedom. You can be an artist and al... read the story

by Shannon Christman

If It’s Broke, Fix It In James Grippando’s novel, Lying with Strangers, a nurse tells a doctor, “We are the last repairmen on eart... read the story

by Cortni Marrazzo

How Being in Debt Helped Us Save Money Having debt and saving money don’t tend to go hand in hand. Some would say they are two opposites and others would... read the story

by Cortni Marrazzo

How To Save Money on a New Dog My husband and I recently bought a new puppy. Before we even brought her home, I found out how expensive dogs can be (I ... read the story

by Shannon Christman

Christmas Clubs and the All-Cash Christmas When my mom started her first job around 1950 or so, she didn’t have a 401(k), but she did have a Christmas club. ... read the story

by Meredith H. Kaiser

You Can’t Afford It I saw “DWI — You can’t Afford It” written on road signs along Interstate 40 as we passed through... read the story

by Meredith H. Kaiser

Financial (And Other) Lessons I Learned on the Road My husband and I just returned from a 17 day, 5,500-mile road trip westward from our home in South Carolina. Even though... read the story

by Amy L. Fontinelle

Investing in Socially Responsible Mutual Funds You may not be able to sleep at night knowing that you own a tiny piece of Halliburton, nor will you be able to sleep...... read the story