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 a [...]
February 16, 2010 – 3:10 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.
We’re now less than two months away from April 15th, the day the tax man gets his due. You may not even be thinking about your 1040 yet, but there are some very [...]
January 26, 2010 – 6:04 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.
This week, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote about what the country really needs instead of yet another economic stimulus package:
What the country needs most now is not more government stimulus, but more [...]
January 22, 2010 – 3:53 pm
Seasoned investors are likely aware of the “January effect,” a trend of the stock market to rise in January as people who sold losing stocks in December (to claim a loss for tax purposes) reinvest that money. But did you know the month can also be an economic predictor for the rest of the year?
Unfortunately, [...]
September 18, 2009 – 3:43 pm
The stock market has had a couple of good weeks in a row but unless you’re invested in it, the recovery isn’t doing you much good. If you haven’t a clue about where to start in the stock market, Morningstar.com’s Investing Classroom offers a bunch of free online tutorials to teach you the basics about [...]
August 14, 2009 – 3:08 pm
Suffice to say, a trillion of anything is a lot. Since most people we’ve talked to aren’t entirely clear on how big it really is, for visual learners (like myself) we put together these graphics to illustrate the enormity of a trillion dollars.Â
Want more visualizations? MightyBargainHunters.com has even more ways to wrap your head around [...]
With banks and credit card companies collecting more money than ever from customers, the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy reminds consumers that “economic illiteracy is at the heart of our current economic crisis.”
A CEEL survey conducted in December of 2008 found that a majority of those surveyed were unable to answer simple questions [...]
Pro athletes often seem uniquely poised for epic declarations of bankruptcy, but baseball legend Lenny Dykstra is giving other sports figures a run for their money (so to speak).
Former Mets and Phillies slugger Dykstra filed for bankruptcy last week with reported assets totaling $50,000, despite claiming in April that he was worth $60 million.
According to the [...]
Wall Street Journal columnist James Stewart has a great piece this week, about how fleeting good fortune can be, and how important it is to manage your money responsibly. I really recommend reading the whole thing, but here’s a few highlights (emphasis added):
Our culture often glorifies financial success, but it is an illusion to think [...]
Everyone knows that people in the banking, real-estate, and retail industries are likely to be looking for work these days. But the newest profession to fall victim to the recession? Child care.
A columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle is balking at the high cost of finding a competent babysitter so she can enjoy a night out [...]
