9 Great Gifts to Give Without Blowing Up Your Budget
Times are tough, money is tight, and the holidays are fast approaching. Many shoppers need to keep a tight rein on their spending, but don’t want to feel like the Grinch when it comes to giving gifts to friends and family. How can you save…
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This Loan Will Cost You 400%
Would you take out a loan that cost 400% annually? How about 120%? Millions do today, and millions more could soon join their ranks thanks to some of the nation’s largest lenders. Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp, and Fifth Third Bancorp are among the big banks…
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How to: Resell Your Stuff for Cash
Whether you’re a frugal person in general or not, you might be sitting on a goldmine. Chances are, you’ve got some items lying around that you no longer use. Look at that bike in your back yard: when’s the last time you rode it? A…
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Is The Frugal Life Here to Stay?
For an increasing number of people, frugality is a chosen way of life by necessity. The Great Recession — a phrase I’ve been seeing more of recently to refer to the past year or so — has left many Americans without jobs for a long period…
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Five Celeb Money Fails
Celebs may dictate fashion and style, but they’re no arbiters of personal finance, at least not in my book. If there’s one thing about money that celebrities have taught us it’s that you can just as easily burn through 10 bucks as you can several…
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The Twentysomething's Guide to Beating Bankruptcy
Some of us celebrate our 25th year on the planet with pizza and beer, others of us quit our jobs and travel the world. When Jim Spiewak II was 25, he was in front of a bankruptcy court judge, explaining how he’d lost two properties…
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Everything My Dad Taught Me About Earning and Keeping More
For the past three weeks I’ve been writing about what financial lessons I wish I had learned as a kid. My aim with this series, which concludes today, on the eve of Father’s Day weekend, is to document wisdom I’ve accumulated from making egregious financial mistakes — mistakes I hope my children will avoid as they grow older.
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Everything I Wish My Dad Had Taught Me About Debt
This is the second post in the Quicken Blog mini-series Everything I wish My Dad Had Taught Me About Money. Have Americans finally learned our lesson when it comes to debt? We’re carrying less today than we were last year at this time. The Federal Reserve says that U.S. households carried $945.9 billion in revolving debt in March, down from $957.3 billion in last year’s first quarter. Hear a few tips on what you can teach your kids or yourself about debt management.
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Everything I Wish My Dad Had Taught Me About Money
My dad isn’t to blame for my years of careless overspending but I wish I had been more attentive to the times when he encouraged me to save. Now, nearing 40, I’m working most weekends to make ends meet and pay off long-held debts. Were I to be granted a Father’s Day wish, it would be that my three children avoid this fate by teaching them early on about basic personal finance, using credit wisely, and savings.
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Your Future with Finances: From College to the Real World
Making the transition from college to career is tough enough without having to deal with finances. It can be overwhelming, but by doing just a few things now, it won’t be long before you’ll be miles ahead of most of your peers and even most people in their 30s. Four things you can do: Live like you’re still in college; Make a plan to pay off debt; Start a savings plan; Beef up that 401K.
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