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Ask the Readers: What Does Financial Success Mean to You?

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How Tapping Into Home Equity Is Like Pawning A Gold Necklace

It has occurred to me that tapping into one’s home equity can be like pawning a gold necklace, television set, or other personal item with resale value. Both involve using collater

The Simple Way to Decide Which Credit Card to Pay Off First

Don't just wing it. When credit card debt is piling up, one of these strategies can kick your repayment plan into high gear.

Ask the Readers: How Do You Avoid Stressing Out During the Holidays?

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Are $1 homes worth buying?

This week a story from The Detroit News reported that homes are being listed in Detroit for $1. One particular $1 home sold for cash after being on the market for 19 days. The buye

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5 Easy Recipes Perfect for the Traveling Chef

All you need is a basic, stocked kitchen and widely available ingredients to prepare these travel-friendly recipes.

Best Money Tips: Spending $0 on Entertainment

Today we found some awesome articles on spending $0 on entertainment, setting up a dorm-room kitchen, and what social networks you should use.

5 Questions to Ask Before You Borrow From Your Retirement Account

You need quick money, and money is exactly what you have sitting in a retirement account. Is it okay to borrow from it?

Ask the Readers: Do You Enjoy Gardening?

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Breathing Easy on the Financial Rollercoaster

In case you hadn't noticed, stock markets around the world have done some crazy things this week. At this point, I think we're all a little lightheaded, wondering if we should be w

Best Money Tips: Confusing Tipping Situations, Solved

Today we found some stellar articles on confusing tipping situations solved, ways to avoid a financial collapse, and why you should take a vacation.

Unlimited Cash Rewards for Your Business: Capital One Spark Cash for Business Credit Card Review

You can earn a flat rate of cash back for all your purchases with the Capital One Spark Cash for Business Card.

Ask the Readers: Do You Have a Will?

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Calling all Artists: Be Your Own Cheerleader and Find that Room of Your Own (free)

Virginia Woolf famously said that women needed a ‘room of one’s own’ in order to create. But what if you didn’t graduate from the University of Iowa with the New Yorker wanting to

Best Money Tips: Wall Street Rollercoaster

In this week's Best Money Tips roundup: the Dow keeps dropping, why now is the time to pay off your credit card, why complete and utter armageddon isn't going to happen, simplif

15 Smart New Uses for Hair Clips

Hair clips may be great for keeping long hair in order, but they have many other uses, too. Get creative and get clippin'!

Sexually Transmitted Debt: Eewww!

You can contract more than just disease by sleeping with the wrong person…watch out for sexually transmitted debt, which can creep into your sex life while you remain blissfully un

For the Best Deals of the Year, Shop Labor Day and Skip Black Friday

Black Friday is when retailers offer the steepest discounts of the year, right? Wrong. Labor Day weekend is the holiday with the best discount shopping.

Best Money Tips: How to Change Your Career

Today we found helpful articles on how to change your career, unhealthy habits that form when you’re trying to be healthy, and minimalist packing tips for your next trip.