Despite the best of intentions and the clearest of budgets, sometimes holiday spending can snowball out of control. It can start with an innocent extra box of ornaments or a gift for someone not on your list, and before you know it, you’ve charged the entire month of December on your credit cards and you’re [...]

My family and friends can’t stand going shopping with me. I used to be easily influenced into buying anything. Now I simply don’t want to buy anything. I’m the worst person to go shopping with now. I second guess every purchase. If I do end up buying something, I ask myself, “what will I get [...]

This post provided by Money Supermarket. People have often been told that investing in a home is the best thing they can do. In the recent financial crisis many people have found this not to be true. The reason for this is that so many lenders gave loans to people who were simply not qualified [...]

Even though college students usually don’t have a ton of cash, it’s still possible for you to begin investing while you’re still in school. A small amount of money taken from whatever source of income you may have could build into a portfolio worth a lot of money, providing it’s managed correctly. The investment strategies [...]

This is a guest post from Ashley over at Learn Stock Market Basics. If you are interested in learning more about the stock market stop by and see what they have to offer. They are focused on helping you find the best investments for your situation. Health insurance is one of those things that only [...]

It’s important to trust your financial advisor. A few years ago I caught a story on the local news about a financial advisor from my hometown who was arrested for violating that trust. He had been a financial advisor for many years and was charged with financial exploitation of the elderly. In one instance, he [...]

This post is being brought to you through the sponsorship of CouponCodes4U.com I have a small confession to make to you.  Despite the obvious frugal focus of this site, I’m terrible at looking for coupons for things before I buy them.  I’m a calculated buyer.  I’ll price compare for hours before deciding on an item.  [...]

A recent article on CNNMoney.com caught my eye – it’s titled “Many don’t have $2,000 for a rainy day.” Since one of my cardinal rules for retirement planning is that you should have 6 months of spending in the bank (or easily accessible, within 3 days), I read this article with interest. The CNNMoney.com article [...]

Late last week, I participated in the 10th Yakezie Blog Swap. It’s a fun project where a bunch of Yakezie Personal Finance Blogs get together and swap some posts to give our audiences a little bit different perspective with a different voice. This time around my fellow bloggers and I were to share our Best [...]

The following is a guest post by Andrea from Nickel By Nickel. This article is part of the Yakezie blog swap #10 and the topic for this blog swap is The Best Go Green Method to Save Money. I’m sure you’ve all read the posts on laundry detergent, compost piles, insulation, rain-barrels and gardening and [...]