If you’re visiting this site, you’re probably focused on making better money choices, paying off debt, and saving more. But how do you know where you stand? Are you ahead or behind Americans your age?
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Is your credit report blemished? Are you considering cosmetic surgery? Don’t waste your money please.
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You have the right to force that nasty debt collector to stop contacting you. But doing so might have even nastier consequences.
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Nobody wants to overpay. But you might be paying twice as much as you need to for stuff you buy without realizing it.
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Saving enough for a comfortable, secure retirement isn’t complicated. Follow these three guidelines, and you can’t miss. And your little man/woman will be happy. 🙂
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How I freed up over $6,000 in cash that we’re putting to fun use on a long Hawaiian holiday.
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Don’t be seduced into shooting yourself in the money foot by falling victim to the good news, bad habits deception.
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Creative, simple ideas for helping pay for the holidays with cash, not debt.
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I’ve built a portfolio of relatively low-risk, high-dividend stocks that now generates enough cash to cover roughly one-third of our living expenses. That feels good.
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Rising interest rates generally reward savers and punish borrowers. But there are other, less obvious benefits. Guest post from Patty Moore of Working Mother Life!
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With nearly half of all Americans affected, everyone should follow up to protect themselves in the wake of the horrendous hack at credit bureau Equifax®.
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Here’s how TransUnion’ca’s process for obtaining a credit report—which should be free—morphs into a purchase of a $239/year “credit monitoring” product. Shameful!
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You’ve abandoned cash, right? Cool, but research shows you’re probably spending more as a result.
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You know you should be investing, but don’t know where or how to start. Well, start here. 🙂
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Let’s discuss: Investors with a time horizon of more than 5 years should avoid fossil fuel-related companies, mutual funds, and ETFs.
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A recent telephone survey of American adults revealed that 38% lose sleep over health care and health insurance worries. To the surprise of no one who relies on their brain to make decisions, that portion is up by a whopping 37% from one year ago.
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Think your credit rating doesn’t matter unless you borrow money? Think again. Example: South Dakotans with poor credit pay 288% more for home insurance.
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The brains behind Millennial Personal Finance writes about the importance of polishing your credit score.
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File IRS Form 4868 to get an automatic 6-month tax filing extension. But you can’t postpone paying what you owe!
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Not all credit scores are created equal. And pretending otherwise just cost a big credit reporting bureau $3 million.
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If your tax refund is late, it could be because of new legislation that requires the IRS to delay issuing refunds for millions of filers.
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The IRS says it owes about $1 BILLION in total to an estimated 1 million taxpayers. Are you one?
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What’s the best thing about capital gains? The income tax you don’t pay on them!
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