September 7, 2009 | 24 Comments | Saving Tips
When I look outside the window, I am amazed at how beautiful my neighborhood is. There is a park nearby where I can take my dog and daughter. A library that is a short walk from our home, and flowers in everyone’s yards. It seems everyone around me is trying to keep Mother Earth happy [...]
September 1, 2009 | 17 Comments | Budgeting, Personal Finance, Saving Tips
This is a guest post from Trisha Wagner is a freelance writer for DepositAccounts.com, where you can compare rates of checking accounts from dozens of banks in one place. Trisha writes regularly on the topics of personal finance and savings accounts. With credit card use on the decline, more and more people are discovering why [...]
August 12, 2009 | 10 Comments | Money Advice, Personal Finance, Saving Tips
Discount gift cards are great ways of saving you some money for your shopping or your next dinner date. They are readily available from numerous sources and people, and with them and some budget tools, you can really maximize the effectiveness of your money. It doesn’t take much effort to use them, and you’d be [...]
August 8, 2009 | 8 Comments | Budgeting, Emergency Funds, Money Advice, Personal Finance, Saving Tips
By Virginia O’Connor Uncertainty about the current and future economy has pushed many Americans to start saving more and paying off more of their debt. Recent studies in 2008 and 2009 have indicated that as Americans are feeling less secure about their financial stability, they have begun to change their spending behavior. As confidence falls, [...]
July 21, 2009 | 25 Comments | Personal Finance, Saving Tips
We all like new stuff. Whether it’s the latest Wii, a thinner flat-screen, a remodeled kitchen … or anything else for that matter, we’re human and we all like new stuff. Here’s the rub though: if you buy it now on credit, you could end up paying for that new stuff many times over, and [...]
July 17, 2009 | 1 Comment | Emergency Funds, Personal Finance, Saving Tips
By Virginia O’Connor Yes, we all agree that the economy isn’t the best right now, but enough of the blame game already. There is nothing that new in this financial crisis and some of us who have been around awhile have seen all this before. Remember the high interest balloon payment mortgages of the 1970s? [...]
May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment | Saving Tips
By Michelle Studer Losing sleep over budget concerns? If money stress is making sleep hard to come by, you can lessen this anxiety by stashing as little as $500 in a savings account. According to a recent MSN Money Central article, this quick fix for financial stress was discovered by Stephen Brobeck, executive director for [...]
February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment | Saving Tips
This is a guest post by Kristin over at http://twentiesmoneymag.com/blog/. I am sure we all know how Valentines Day festivities can get expensive. Retailers know that there are a ton of punch-drunk lovers out there who want to impress and woo their partners. But it all comes at a price. Figures, right? A year ago, [...]