On the final day of Financial Literacy Month, now would be a good time to explain the proverb “penny wise but pound foolish.” So many other personal-finance blogs focus on ways to save money on things like gas, energy bills, and the ubiquitous $4 latte. But if you’re saddled with a huge car payment, struggling [...]
You can blame James “King of the World” Cameron if you like, but the recent slate of movies in 3-D — from Avatar and Alice in Wonderland to How to Train Your Dragon and Clash of the Titans — has meant more theaters are installing 3-D projectors. And they’re passing the cost of the new [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Tax Day has come and gone, but for certain members of Hollywood’s elite, April 15 was just another Thursday. Too bad debt collectors and the IRS don’t see it that way. While [...]
Each year, Forbes magazine puts out the Fictional 15, a clever list of the richest people who don’t really exist except in the imagination of writers and television show producers. This year, vampire patriarch Carlisle Cullen from the Twilight book series tops the list with an estimated net worth of $34.5 billion. It helps that he’s [...]
Judging by the number of people scrambling to get their taxes done, you’d think April 15th came on a different day each year. Like it or not, Tax Day is here. Hopefully you’ve followed Econ4U’s advice and filed your taxes months ago. But in case you haven’t, don’t worry, we won’t tell. There’s still time [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. There are hundreds of reasons that smart people put off creating an emergency fund: confidence that a job is secure, being in good health, maybe just feeling lucky. But can you guarantee [...]
April is not just tax season, it’s also Financial Literacy Month. So now is the perfect time to test your money knowledge on one of our 10 quizzes. Think you’re an expert on entrepreneurship? How savvy are you on saving? Can you cut it when it comes to credit cards? Or if you’re really up to [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Congratulations! You’ve been a stellar employee and now you’re being rewarded with a promotion and a raise. But after working so hard for the extra money, you might as well make the [...]
Ever wonder what goes into determining the inflation rate? The U.K. Office for National Statistics recently announced a change to the list of goods that it uses to calculate the annual uptick in inflation for the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). It’s interesting to see what made the cut: flat irons, Blu-ray DVD players, and powdered [...]
