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The One Personal Finance Skill You Must Master Before All the Others

Being a master of personal finance requires a few key skills, but none are as important as this one.

How to Avoid Getting Your Credit Card Canceled

Find out why your credit card could be canceled on you without notice, and tips to help avoid it.

Switch to a Better Bank in 5 Easy Steps

You're not really happy with your bank, but switching is such a pain. Make it easy with this simple plan.

Best of Personal Finance Roundup: 14 Great Ways to Be Miserable

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best of Personal Finance roundup. Today, we share the 14 ways to ensure you'll stay miserable, 3 cool tricks to finding online deals with Google, and whethe

7 Financial Reasons 2016 Needs to Be Over ASAP

Do you want off the roller coaster that has been 2016? Your finances probably do, too.

Financial Timing: How Scheduling Important Events Benefits You Financially

Are you thinking of making a big change in your life such as quitting your job or getting married? Time important decisions in your life for the best financial result.

Flashback Friday: 84 Frugal Ways to Eliminate Stress

When the world seems like a dark place and you have trouble escaping the negativity around you, calm your frazzled nerves — frugally.

10 Free Things to Do With Your Kindle

The Kindle is a reading device that Amazon sells to enable you to spend more money on Amazon. However, it turns out there are lots of things you can do with your Kindle without spe

Watch Out for These 5 Last Minute Home Buying Costs

First time homebuyers can be left scrambling to cover these last-minute costs. Don't get blindsided on your way to your new home!

Set Up a Safe Home Network

Networks used to be something that IT departments only spoke about in corporate office environments. Today, however, the average family not only has a need for a good home networ

7 Things a Thanksgiving Turkey Teaches Us About Money

The Thanksgiving turkey — the centerpiece of the table, and a treat that leads to overindulgence. This tasty bird can also teach us a thing or two about money.

Clever Tax Move for the Un- and Under-Employed

There are a lot of people who used to have a good-paying job but who have been unemployed or underemployed for more than a year. If you're one of those people, here's a clever tax

7 Apps That Monitor Your Credit for You

There's an app for everything these days — even credit monitoring. Now there's really no excuse!

How To Cut Car Ownership Costs

Here are a few things to consider to keep the costs of car ownership low.

Cleaning the Oil Stove

I'm naturally pretty scared of doing maintenance on anything electric or gas or kerosene oriented. Thankfully my husband was game about cleaning the kerosene stove or we'd be ou

Ask the Readers $200 Giveaway: What Volunteer Experience Had the Deepest Impact on You?

Tell us about the volunteer experience that had the deepest impact on you and we'll enter you in a drawing to win $200 in Amazon Gift Cards!

8 Reasons Time Is Worth More Than Money

We've all heard people say "time is money." But believe it or not, time is worth so much more.

15 Adventurous Things You Should Do Before You Die

A trip to the moon (or even to orbit) is probably out of reach, but there's still plenty of affordable adventure on the ground. Start dreaming with this list.

9 Gifts That Won't Become Clutter

Everyone loves gifts, but no one likes clutter. These minimalist ideas all make for a perfect present.

Ask the Readers: What Motivates You? (Chance to win $20!)

We want to know what motivates you.  Share what drives you to do your best, and you could win a $20 Amazon GC!