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New Banking Fees? Here’s How to Avoid Them.
Tweet Share on Facebook June 29, 2010 Comment (8)Like thousands of other Americans, I got some bad news recently: My bank is ending its free checking accounts.
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Splurge on This, Save on That
Tweet Share on Facebook June 23, 2010 CommentAlexa von Tobel, founder of LearnVest.com, a new personal finance Web site for women, says we need to stop spending money on “stupid” stuff – including $8 airline blankets and unnecessary cell phone charges – so we can spend more on the fun stuff this summer. “If you properly cut your costs and save money, then in general, you can splurge when you want to,” she says.
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Video: Don't Let Debt Ruin Your Retirement
Tweet Share on Facebook June 22, 2010 Comment (1)Here are some tips based on my recent story on how debt is keeping people from saving for retirement:
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The Smart Way to Pay Off Student Loans
Tweet Share on Facebook June 18, 2010 Comment (26)Reyna Gobel has a message for college graduates who, like her, find themselves carrying around student loan debt the size of a small mortgage: Don’t wait until you pay it back to start living your life. Because with over one million graduates holding at least $40,000 in debt, that wait could be very, very long. That’s why in her book, Graduation Debt, she offers ways to not only take control of student loan debt, but also to start thinking about spending smartly in other areas of your life, including travel, potential home purchases, and even visiting upscale restaurants on occasion.
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Video: Financial Tips for New Dads
Tweet Share on Facebook June 16, 2010 CommentHere are some tips based on my recent story on how parents can reduce their costs:
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Get the Most Out of Your Credit Card Payments
Tweet Share on Facebook June 16, 2010 CommentToday’s guest post comes from Odysseas Papadimitriou, chief executive of Card Hub, an online marketplace for credit card offers.
You might not be making as much progress as you think when you send in your credit card payment each month. While every payment helps, what you don’t know about payment allocation could be costing you money.
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Don’t Let Debt Get in the Way of Retirement
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2010 CommentPaying off debt is hard enough when you’re in the working world, making a steady paycheck every couple weeks. But once you near retirement, managing credit cards, auto loans, or a mortgage can be almost impossible – in fact, carrying that kind of debt could prevent you from retiring at all.
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Getting Grandparents to Help with Childcare
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2010 Comment (2)Hiring a nanny or signing a child up for day care often costs more than most people earn. So when grandparents are interested in helping out, parents are usually extremely grateful. John Robbins, author of The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in An Age of Less (as well as the bestseller Diet for a New America), recently described to me how his own family views the arrangement a little bit differently.
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How to Master the New Credit Card Rules
Tweet Share on Facebook June 9, 2010 CommentToday’s guest post comes from Adam Jusko, Founder of IndexCreditCards.com, which compares credit card offers in categories such as low-interest credit cards and cash-back credit cards.
My wife was having a bad day.
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The New, and (Almost) Free, Way to Refinance
Tweet Share on Facebook June 8, 2010 Comment (2)It sounds too good to be true: If you want to lower the interest rate on your mortgage, just call and ask your bank. They’ll do it for you on the spot, without charging much in the way of fees, and within a month you’ll be paying a lower mortgage.
