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Tuesday Top 5: Thinking Ahead to Tax Season

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 [...]

Tuesday Top 5: Prioritizing Retirement Saving Now

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. Making retirement saving a priority is the recognition that it’s easier to go without now (when you’re young and able-bodied) than at the end of your life when your options are fewer. [...]

This Mother’s Day, Thank Your Mama for Your Money Habits

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 [...]

Tuesday Top 5: Making Your Nest Egg Last

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 [...]

Tuesday Top 5: The 5 Best Uses for $1,000

Welcome to this week’s edition of Tuesday Top 5, our weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. While $1,000 may seem like a genuine chunk of change, in reality it’s not hard to save up that much with a little discipline. You’d save that much by giving up your daily [...]

Tuesday Top 5: How to Retire as a Millionaire

Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, our new weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Today we tell you the five things you need to know if your end goal is retiring a millionaire. Sound like a pipe dream? It’s not if you start early enough. [...]

The Demise of Microsoft Money

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 [...]

National Save for Retirement Week: October 18-24

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 [...]

Financial Website Find of the Week: Investing Classroom

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 [...]

Take the Guesswork Out of Budgeting

Whether you’re starting a new job or moving to another state, it can be hard to set up a budget when you don’t know how much of your paycheck you get to take home after taxes and deductions. PaycheckCity.com’s Net Pay Calculator takes the guesswork out. It’s a particularly useful tool if, for example, your [...]