The Ultimate Performance Enhancer

*This post is by guest author Dr. Abraham Jonas Froman.

For sports fans, one of the saddest side notes of the new millennium has been performance enhancing drug scandals in some of our favorite pastimes like baseball, football, and dwarf square dancing.

The Fastest Way to Get a Job Now

The defining characteristic of the Great Recession, and the Great Depression before it, is joblessness. U.S. unemployment stood at 9.8% in September, the highest in 26 years, as the economic downturn has eliminated an estimated 7.2 million jobs, The Associated Press reports.

Yippee! Quicken Free Rent Sweepstakes

Wouldn’t free rent be nice? Now more than ever, people need a financial break, with the holiday season approaching, shopping carts filling up fast and travel reservations coming soon. A free month of rent would really help kick-start your New Year’s resolution to take better care…

Save Spooktacularly this Halloween

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Halloween is fast approaching! American families will spend approximately $2.2 billion dollars on Halloween candy alone this year, not to mention all the money that is shelled out for costumes and decorations. Most of us are still feeling the recession’s pinch on our wallets, but…

Introducing Quicken 2010 Personal Finance Software!

The Quicken team is excited to announce the availability of Quicken 2010 windows desktop software. A leader in personal finance for more than 25 years, Quicken has made it easier for more than 12 million households to manage their money. Quicken 2010 is chock-full of the…

7 Ways to Pocket a Quick $100

Need to pocket some cash fast? Below are seven tips for cutting costs fast from Quicken Sr. Blog Editor Farnoosh Torabi, who also provides money coaching for consumers on ABC’s new show about keeping it real with your finances, “Bank of Mom and Dad.”

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The Quicken Mustache

*This post is by guest author Dr. Abraham Jonas Froman.

For readers of the Quicken blog, you’ve become conditioned to posts about college tuition, investing, taxes, and savings. But as you may have gathered in recent weeks, something on this blog has changed. For certain,…

Dads Need to Teach Kids About Money Early, Often

Teaching kids about money and finances needs to be a priority for Dads and our schools too.

As fathers, we have lots to worry about when it comes to our kids. Their health, education and well being all move to the front of our minds at…

Five Reasons to Budget Now

Let’s be honest, budgeting isn’t fun. It’s never fun. However, it’s an important part of personal finance for a variety of reasons. I’ll discuss five of them below in hopes that it will change your mind about budgeting if you don’t do it now. If you…

Finalists Announced for 2009 "Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of The Year"

The American Mustache Institute (AMI) today announced finalists and opened voting for the “Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year” award presented by Quicken. The award, recognizing the person either best representing or contributing to the Mustached American community over the past year, will…