Couples often ask me whether they should combine finances or not.
What I’ve found in my own marriage is that teamwork matters far more than where you keep your cash.
The perspective that worked for us was to put savings first, and then work ba...
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Welcome to February and to our new addition: the monthly editor’s letter. From me to you, with news and inspiration.
It’s going to be a love-ly month, and not just because of all the heart-shaped candy lying around.
F...
You like your friends, you like “The Breakfast Club,” and you like “Glee” (admit it). Maybe it’s time to start liking your bank.
On Facebook, that is. While only 25% of financial firms report using social media to connect to...
Welcome to part three of RESTART 2012, a painless four-part financial scrub-down that will have you in fighting shape before you can say “FICO.” Read part one and part two.
This is not news: the easier you make it for yourself to save money, ...
Is your retirement plan costing you too much?
Upcoming federal regulations about 401k fee transparency could change that—and you can help.
Keeping expense ratios low is critical for women, who tend to live longer than men and thus need to be v...
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You know you need an emergency stash to cover a crisis (think fire, layoff, root canal).
But if you’re like 25% of Americans—about 75 million people—you’re having trouble getting th...
I’m fascinated by the TLC show Extreme Couponing—and while crazy bargain-hunting is a bit much for me, I’ve incorporated some of the diehards’ strategies to cut my grocery bill by up to 36%:
Start slow. Don’t try to c...
When you nail down the knack of saving in one area, the ripples spread to the rest of your life.
Start here:
Yes, saving for the big stuff (retirement, college, a new house) is key. But what about the small stuff? Socking aw...
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Six weeks ago, we invited you to to save $1,000 in 50 days. It was ambitious, to say the least: $20 a day, or $140 a week—a pipe dream for most of us, even in the best of times.
Yet hundreds of yo...
You’ve known since childhood that money doesn’t lead to happiness—but can happiness lead to money?
Laura Vanderkam, author of the upcoming book All the Money in the World: What the Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending, says y...
My husband and I paid off $30,000 in credit card debt after we were married. What got us, and kept us, in that much debt? A flawed sense of what was normal, i.e. entitlement.
We didn’t walk around feeling “entitled” to anything—no...
