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 it’s [...]
October 30, 2009 – 10:15 am
In this day of high fashion, it seems almost quaint to speak of an inexpensive pair of faded Levi’s jeans. Indeed, for proof that jeans have moved far beyond their role as the outfit of the working man, check out this Wall Street Journal article on “The Rise of Power Jeans.”
As designer denim became every [...]
October 16, 2009 – 3:07 pm
I may be late to the party but I only just learned that Microsoft has discontinued its game-changing Money software. I’ve been using Money for years to track my spending, retirement allotments, taxable investments, and savings accounts all in one tidy package. But unfortunately for me and Microsoft, the advent of free budgeting websites has [...]
October 13, 2009 – 4:32 pm
Blogger G.E. Miller from 20SomethingFinance.com has launched a new website to help young people control their spending.
MicroFrugality.com promises useful tips geared toward a younger audience of budgeters. Miller writes:
This blog will be all about the most controllable part of the personal finance equation – your expenses – and how you can dominate them!
The vision is [...]
October 9, 2009 – 11:51 am
National Save for Retirement Week is coming up (October 18-24) to urge Americans to beef up their savings accounts for the long haul. Those who have the longest amount of time before retiring stand to gain the most by investing early (thanks to the wonders of compounding interest), so it’s particularly important that young people [...]
October 8, 2009 – 4:11 pm
We have written a lot in the past about high schools incorporating financial education into their curriculum and local communities offering personal finance courses for kids. But personal finance lessons aren’t just for children and teenagers—they’re valuable even for those of us long-since out of school.
Jeremy Vohwinkle at Generation X Finance has compiled a list [...]
September 28, 2009 – 5:04 pm
Pamela Anderson has been famous for her, well, physical assets for decades, but it turns out she isn’t as well endowed in the financial department.
According to People magazine, Los Angeles County records show she owes more than $1.1 million to creditors:
According to the documents, five different construction companies have filed liens against her home, the [...]
August 11, 2009 – 10:23 am
All the recent headlines about Cash for Clunkers mean that a lot of people have new cars on the brain. But not every old car qualifies for the credit, so it’s hard seeing all your neighbors pull up in brand new rides when you’re still slogging to work in the same car that saw you through college. [...]
Kiplinger’s put together this list of 20 ways young people waste their money (although many of these bad habits are often held by folks old enough to know better).
Some of the tips are obvious: Don’t buy a new car or brand-name groceries, turn off your lights when you leave the room, cancel your cable to [...]
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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 [...]
