Hey, want to have your email and bank accounts broken into? No? Then avoid being the victim of identify theft by fortifying your password with these tips.
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Bleach is more versatile than you think. When you use your imagination, it can be downright amazing. Here are nine cool uses for that bottle under the sink.
If you're stressed about making dinner, paying someone to plan your meals can be worth the cost in reducing stress — and it can reduce your grocery bill.
One of my best friends told me that the key to food portion sizes was this: "Eat from small plates, drink from taller glasses." And optical illusions are at the root of it.
Today we found things you can save for retirement besides money, ways social media is making you poor, and changes to the homebuying process that you need to know about.
A friend of mine has a pathological weakness for impulse shopping. But using the techniques outlined here, she dug herself out of debt and into impulse shopping bliss.
From the Kardashians to Justin Bieber, celebs are endorsing prepaid cards. Learn how these cards can drain your funds faster than saying, "Baby, baby, baby."
Origami is a Japanese word that means "fold paper", and it is a very popular pastime around the world. I enjoy origami because it is a very cheap hobby that requires only
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Hey, want to have your email and bank accounts broken into? No? Then avoid being the victim of identify theft by fortifying your password with these tips.
Best Money Tips: Retirement Questions People Forget to Ask
Today we found some stellar articles on important (but often forgotten) retirement questions, easy part-time jobs, and work-life balance tips.
8 Times to Avoid Dividend Stocks
Dividends can be a neat way to watch "free money" roll in, but beware. Sometimes you're better off without the cash.
9 Modern Home Improvements That Add Thousands to Your Listing
Could your home use a little TLC? These modern makeovers will add serious resale bang to your buck.
Tactics for avoiding the thumbprint-for-cash request
Does providing a thumbprint or fingerprint to cash an honestly-received check make you feel like a criminal? The practice adopted by many U.S. banks to protect itself and its custo
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Bleach is more versatile than you think. When you use your imagination, it can be downright amazing. Here are nine cool uses for that bottle under the sink.
Avoid Dinner Stress: Pay Someone to Plan Your Meals
If you're stressed about making dinner, paying someone to plan your meals can be worth the cost in reducing stress — and it can reduce your grocery bill.
The Stock Market Has Been Really Tough on These 10 Industries
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5 Times You Should Demand a Raise
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Optical Illusions That Make You Fatter and Your Wallet Lighter
One of my best friends told me that the key to food portion sizes was this: "Eat from small plates, drink from taller glasses." And optical illusions are at the root of it.
This Year’s Hot Toy is Next Year’s Trash
Our commitment to saving money has always prevented my family from buying the current year’s “Hot” toys. Every year that I hold tight to the de
Stockpiling Is Rarely the Answer
Stockpiling for an emergency might seem like a good (and frugal) idea. But in reality, your time and money is probably better spent.
Best Money Tips: Smart Ways to Stay on Schedule
Today we found smart ways to stay on schedule, ways to stretch your employee benefits dollars, and surprising things you can do with tea bags.
Best Money Tips: Things You Can Save for Retirement Besides Money
Today we found things you can save for retirement besides money, ways social media is making you poor, and changes to the homebuying process that you need to know about.
Impulse Shopping: A Controllable Handicap
A friend of mine has a pathological weakness for impulse shopping. But using the techniques outlined here, she dug herself out of debt and into impulse shopping bliss.
Beware Celebrities Bearing Prepaid Cards
From the Kardashians to Justin Bieber, celebs are endorsing prepaid cards. Learn how these cards can drain your funds faster than saying, "Baby, baby, baby."
8 Fun and Frugal Things to Do with Origami
Origami is a Japanese word that means "fold paper", and it is a very popular pastime around the world. I enjoy origami because it is a very cheap hobby that requires only
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Every day I read about 60-70 personal finance/frugal living blogs. Through the help of many of our online friends, I have been fortunate enough to put my personal finance position
Mommy, Where Do Stocks Come From?
"Mommy, where do stocks come from?" I guess you could say that a stock starts with an idea or a gleam in a business owner's eye...