November 24, 2009 – 7:05 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of Tuesday Top 5, our weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. While $1,000 may seem like a genuine chunk of change, in reality it’s not hard to save up that much with a little discipline. You’d save that much by giving up your daily [...]
November 24, 2009 – 9:04 am
This year, the American Farm Bureau Federation is reporting a drop in the full cost of a Thanksgiving meal. The Thanksgiving meal with turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the trimmings will cost an average of $42.91, a decrease of $1.70, or 3.8 percent, from last year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. [...]
November 20, 2009 – 1:29 pm
Black Friday is only a week away, and for avid bargain-hunters, it nearly ranks as a holiday in its own right. Retailers count on the Christmas shopping season to comprise the bulk of their sales for the year — and in 2009, when retail sales have been particularly dismal, Black Friday will be more important [...]
November 17, 2009 – 6:40 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of Tuesday Top 5, our weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Today we walk you through the all-important credit report, and what to do if you find inaccurate information on it. Your credit report plays a major role in determining your credit score, so [...]
November 16, 2009 – 5:04 pm
With the holidays approaching, many Americans will find themselves on airplanes en route to family and friends. And with air travel come the constant frustrations of long lines and baggage fines. Some of our elected representatives have decided to take a closer look at the now-ubiquitous baggage fines (or fees, depending on how you see [...]
November 10, 2009 – 1:48 pm
Greetings and welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, our weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. The deadline for that juicy $8,000 new homebuyer’s credit is rapidly approaching, but how do you know if you’re ready to own a home? Ask yourself the following five questions [...]
November 9, 2009 – 2:25 pm
Regular readers of personal-finance blogs are well-aware that they should have a Roth IRA, a type of retirement account funded by after-tax dollars that lets your savings grow tax-free. With all their money-saving benefits, Roth IRAs seem to be as popular a topic on money blogs as avoiding the ubiquitous $4 latte. Even still, most [...]
November 3, 2009 – 5:45 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, our new weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Today we tell you the five things you need to know if your end goal is retiring a millionaire. Sound like a pipe dream? It’s not if you start early enough. [...]
