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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Last week, Anne posted some shocking survey results regarding the state of American workers’ retirement accounts. But even if you’ve been diligently saving for decades, you could still benefit from a few [...]
Are you one of the millions of Americans plagued with credit card debt? At the end of 2008, Americans’ credit card balances totaled upwards of $970 billion, with an average debt per household of $8,329. Fox Business profiled seven individuals who learned from their own credit disasters and transformed their plastic practices. You can learn a [...]
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. Amazon.com may be the best thing that ever happened to those of us who don’t want to be seen perusing the self-help section of the local bookstore. If you’re in need of [...]
Last fall, 80 percent of pet shelters reported taking in animals whose owners said they could no longer afford them because of the recession. Bringing a pet into your home can be a wonderful thing, but it deserves financial consideration in advance. Pennywise people ought to consider the additional expenses that Fido or Fluffy will [...]
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. In this economy, it’s easier to cut expenses than to increase your income. Need an instant budget makeover? These five tips will put money in your pocket nearly immediately. Check it out: Look [...]
February 23, 2010 – 4:09 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. As Suzi posted earlier, “Here Comes the Bride” is often followed by “Here Come the Bills.” There’s no doubt that marriage and money are inextricably linked, so this week, we offer a [...]
February 9, 2010 – 10:41 am
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 own a smartphone, you’re familiar with the phrase “there’s an app for that.” Whether you have an iPhone, BlackBerry, or ‘Droid, you will want to make space for one of [...]
January 29, 2010 – 3:31 pm
A few months ago, I wondered aloud whether spendthrifts and tightwads can ever find marital bliss. But the real question is, given that money is the most-cited reason for divorce, what do you do when you realize you’ve married your financial opposite? Personal finance writer M.P. Dunleavey at MSN Money tackled this issue in her recent column: [...]
