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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup. This week’s assortment of treats comes to you with advice for junking your car, rocking your career, and brewing your own.
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The oven is not the most energy-efficient way to prepare your food. 19 tips to help you maximize your oven’s energy-efficiency, as well as to cut your cooking costs.
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I’ve been doing my own taxes for about 5 years now. Even as my needs have changed (I’ve gone from a simple 1040EZ to a more complex small business partnership structure), I’ve fou
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The Three Interest Rates
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Getting control of our spending and our finances would be a lot easier if we weren't so materialistic. So why are we?
8 Money Moves to Make Before You Start Investing
You're ready to start investing — great! But before you dive in, make sure your financial ducks are all in a row.
Best Money Tips: Cash for Clunkers 2.0
Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup. This week’s assortment of treats comes to you with advice for junking your car, rocking your career, and brewing your own.
Buying a Home Without the Money
This writer gives his reasons for buying a home now instead of waiting for a 20% down payment.
5 Creative Ways to Invest During a Weak Market
With the stock market finally recovering to some degree this past month, even closing at highs for the year, a lot of investors may be breathing a sigh of relief about their stock
Ask the Readers $200 Giveaway: What is Your Top Question About Personal Finance?
Tell us your top question about personal finance and we'll enter you in a drawing to win $200 in Amazon Gift Cards!
Tips and Tricks for Dealing with a Recalcitrant HMO
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5 Amazing, Cheap Places to Live as an Expat
Looking for adventure overseas but don't know how to afford it? These five places welcome expats, and you may even fly home with more in savings.
Best Money Tips: Have More Fun for Less Money
Today we found some great articles on having more fun for less money, ways to save $1 a day, and improving your career prospects.
19 Tips to Cut Costs by Using Your Oven Efficiently
The oven is not the most energy-efficient way to prepare your food. 19 tips to help you maximize your oven’s energy-efficiency, as well as to cut your cooking costs.
Best Money Tips: What to Expect From Best Buy's Black Friday Sale
Today we found articles on what to expect from Best Buy’s Black Friday sale, big mistakes that destroy family relationships, and the best majors for a lucrative career.
8 Ways Retailers Use Big Data to Track You
Big brother knows a lot about how you shop.
Best Money Tips: Cheap Things to Do With Your Kids on Spring Break
Today we found some fantastic articles on cheap things to do with your kids on spring break, costly mistakes taxpayers make, and smart ways to use extra cash.
Best Money Tips: Make a Great Impression at Your Next Job Interview
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When It's Time to Destroy Debt, Start With a Goal
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Getting Started with Preserving: Mint Jelly
When I was little, my grandmother would can all sorts of things. She had a big garden full of produce that would wind up in jars in her pantry. With a pretty big garden of my own,
Life After Bankruptcy: What's Next?
There are repercussions to filing for bankruptcy, but like with other setbacks in life, you can recover. There is always hope!
4 Easy-to-Fix Reasons Your Savings Account Isn't Growing
Don't get frustrated by a stunted savings account. Make these moves instead to help your money grow.
5 Reasons Tax Prep Software May Be Right for You
I’ve been doing my own taxes for about 5 years now. Even as my needs have changed (I’ve gone from a simple 1040EZ to a more complex small business partnership structure), I’ve fou