A new survey just published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that 50 percent of U.S. respondents faced with a hypothetical emergency couldn’t come up with $2,000 within 30 days. That’s not encouraging, America. While funding an emergency account can seem like a low priority compared with paying monthly expenses, having access to [...]
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 tablet or a smartphone, it’s easy to spend too much money every month on downloading new, fun apps to entertain you. But what if those apps could actually [...]
This opinion column from the Kansas City Star shows such sensible advice for teens seeking out their first job that we couldn’t say it any better than writer Steve Rosen did: Every year around this time, I think about my first summer job and the money lessons I learned – mostly the hard way. I [...]
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. Building wealth is only one side of the coin of getting rich; the other side is keeping what you have. And there are a number of ways you can do that, but [...]
April 15 is traditionally tax day, but because today is a public holiday to celebrate Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C., the country is given three extra days to file their federal tax returns for 2010. If you’re a wait-til-the-last-minute type, here are three commonly misunderstood deductions and how to claim them on your return: You can [...]
April 12, 2011 – 10:34 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. For those of you who are preparing to graduate in the next month or two, with a little luck that means you’re starting your first professional job. And if your entry-level salary [...]
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 year, it’s never too early for teens to be thinking about their summer job opportunities. A new analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that teen unemployment has skyrocketed in [...]
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. Whether you’re drawing up a draft of your first budget or you’d like to tweak an existing plan, there are simple ways that you can free up more cash for savings or [...]
February 8, 2011 – 4:32 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. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, men don’t have to be reminded that dating can be really expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. Here are five ways to avoid common relationship [...]
January 19, 2011 – 1:05 pm
Blue Monday, officially the most depressing day of the year, is coming up on January 24. How was it calculated? Here’s the official formula, courtesy of the U.K.’s Mental Health Foundation: According to the scientists who developed it, “The model was broken down using six immediately identifiable factors; weather (W), debt (d), time since Christmas [...]
