August 31, 2010 – 1:51 pm
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. You’re probably not thinking about tax season right now, but fall is a great time to revisit your tax planning strategies. Here are a few tips to make the most of your [...]
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Tagged Family Budget, IRS, Mortgages, retirement, Saving Money, Taxes, tips
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August 10, 2010 – 5:15 pm
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. When things get really tight, it’s important to know what your options are to get you through a bumpy ride. This week, we help you make a plan for how to make [...]
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. To lure back-to-school shoppers into the mall, many states are offering a sales-tax holiday this weekend, saving consumers money on big-ticket purchases like computers, software, books, apparel, and footwear. Last year, the [...]
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. The secret to wealth building isn’t necessarily stock-market prescience or a brilliant business idea. Everyone starts somewhere, and it’s often just a small decision that snowballs to big rewards. Take one of [...]
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. If you have a major purchase on the horizon — be it electronics, home furnishings, or a vehicle — now is the time to start considering your options to keep costs low [...]
Last summer, we touched on whether refusing to pay your debt at some point becomes a moral issue. In this week’s New York Times, the topic proves timely still. The article follows the Pemberton family in St. Petersburg, Fla., who have stopped paying their mortgage so they can put their money to more fun use, such as trips [...]
This article in last weekend’s New York Times Magazine led me to NetWorthIQ, a website where users can anonymously log their assets, income, and debts to illustrate a complete net-worth picture. Members can update their holdings monthly to automatically produce graphs and compile data that track the trajectory of their net worth over time. The benefits [...]
Mother’s Day is Sunday, and chances are good that your mama has taught you a lot of what you know about money — even if you haven’t always listened to her advice. So when you give your mom flowers this weekend, be sure to thank her in the card for always wanting you to be [...]
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 [...]
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Tagged Budgeting, credit cards, financial education, loans, Mortgages, Personal Finance, savings accounts, tips
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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 [...]
