money

Americans still aren’t saving enough and are carrying too much credit card debt. Yet the Great Recession, still less than a decade in our past, made permanent changes in our…

A wedding is rarely a joyous occasion. More often it’s stressful, expensive and an ongoing parade of complaints from pushy family members. The only real joyous weddings are the ones…

Getting wealthy and losing weight are very similar in many ways. Both require understanding the basic math of the various processes, both require sacrifice and both require you to develop…

Tax planning is an important part of managing your finances, whether you are a business owner or not. Paperwork accumulates throughout the year and some times, these receipts, financial documents,…

If you’ve ever heard the investing phrase “sell in May and go away” you may get a reminder of why that phrase is significant this year. Stocks and the U.S.…

I never believed in vampires, the mythical creatures that feast on human blood and don’t ever die. Yet financial myths, those vile creatures that feed upon the cash that is…

It comes as a sudden realization a week before payday and, sometimes, a text or email from the bank or the hideous embarrassment of having your debit card declined in…

It’s hard enough to keep a relationship healthy in our busy modern world where constant demands on our time can sap the fun out of almost anything. It is in…

One topic that goes around frequently in psychological circles is the relationship between money and happiness. For as long as that relationship has been studied, which is virtually as long…

A recent survey by Bankrate.com is good news for Americans and the economy. Overall your fellow countrymen are feeling better about the economy and their own finances but there are…