Parenting magazine paired up three financial advisors with three families that have serious financial troubles. They’ve all been blogging about the experience since October. There’s plenty of good advice to be gathered from the posts, but what’s most fascinating is that these stories are really real.
When most people receive bills, they dutifully pay them, no questions asked. But by sitting back and complacently paying bills as they’re presented, you’re probably spending hundreds, even thousands more dollars a year than you need to. What should you do instead? Be aware, and be a pain in the butt.
Do government policies make it much easier to be a spender rather than a saver?
Am I the only one driven nuts by how much time in the Presidents speech (or any president’s speech) is taken up by applause?
Beware items splashed on the covers of weekly store circulars at super cheap prices. Retailers take great pains to carefully, scientifically select these items—because when they’re on sale, there’s often a dramatic increase in shoppers buying related items at full price. If laundry detergent is on sale at a dollar store, for example, a …
Smack down one fee or money-making scheme and others are sure to pop up. And even if you’re really good at the game, there are always more moles than you can possibly whack.
“The obsession with the brand name — that’s passe. People don’t want to spend the extra money for it.”
People obviously resent bankers and their big bonuses. And now, in another sphere, it’s hard to tell who the public hates more: government officials or government workers.
An 8-year-old from a developing country can probably out-negotiate a 50-year-old American. Why? The child has a lot more experience with haggling.
A comprehensive, borderline-obsessive list of strategies for saving money and avoiding wasted time at your friendly neighborhood government-run establishment.
More states are requiring high school students to take personal finance classes in order to graduate—which seems like a pretty good idea, considering that based on what’s happened lately in the world of real estate and consumer debt, kids aren’t likely to be absorbing good financial lessons at home.
A growing number of colleges are allowing would-be students to use fast-track applications, and in some cases that means that all a high school senior needs to do put a signature on the page. Application done. No forms to fill in, no recommendations to gather, no application fee, no essay. Just sign here.