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Entertainment can be expensive. Gamers, in particular, can spend hundreds of dollars a year on equipment, games, and memberships for their beloved hobby. Luckily, gamers who are strapped for cash can reduce the cost of gaming in a number of ways.

The dollar is weaker in general than it has been in some time. In 2017, the greenback recorded its first drop in five years against the basket of currencies that make up the U.S.

Massage sticks are portable personal massage devices that allow you to massage yourself anywhere, anytime. They are great for muscle recovery because they can target sore muscles and even prevent cramps, pain, and injuries.

In the past few months, a couple of other writers for The Simple Dollar, Holly Johnson and Michael Gardon, have offered their takes on Bitcoin, which in large part overlapped with my own (I offered my own nascent thoughts on Bitcoin back in the early days). Still, a week doesn’t go by when I don’t get two or three mailbag questions about Bitcoin, so I thought it might make sense to just address all of these questions at once in a single article.

What is Bitcoin, and how does it work?

This is probably the most common question that I get. People simply want to know what it is and how it works and why they should care, in very clear terms.

So, here’s my attempt at doing just that.

Traveling is one of the best things you can do for yourself, but it can also be quite costly.

Sometimes life gets in the way, and it can be easy for debt to pile up. But what if you miss so many payments that your creditors file lawsuits against you to collect your unpaid debt?

If you have missed enough payments, creditors can sue you to pay up.

Personal finance? There's an app for that! Hundreds, really. These days, you can find an app that will help you with any aspect of your personal finances, from couponing and budgeting to managing your banking and investments.

What personal finance apps do you use?

Marriage is a great teacher. This post gives 16 hard-earned money lessons from my sixteen-year marriage to the best bride in the world …

We just celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary a bit ago.

I hardly can believe how quickly the time's gone (and it seems to just be going faster)!

I've certainly grown up a lot about how I interact with my wife regarding money (as has she).  Here are sixteen money lessons I've learned over the past sixteen years married to the best woman in the world:

1. Money can cause really bad fights.

If you're married, or even if you're just starting in a relationship, this isn't surprising at all.

At the beginning of our marriage, I was really bad about letting things build up to the point when something money-related — anything, really — would set off a giant argument. It really looked like it came out of nowhere from her perspective.

Because people are living longer, seniors often are advised by financial experts to keep a large portion of their holdings in the stock market, to fund what could be a very long retirement.

Unlike savings accounts, which typically pay low interest rates, the stock market offers investors an opportunity to grow their cash holdings at a rate higher than the pace of inflation. However, that opportunity brings added risk. When it comes to the stock market, there are no guarantees.

During 2017, the stock market soared, but giddy investors got a wake-up call earlier this month when the market underwent a sharp correction. Periodic setbacks are easy to shrug off when you’re 30, 40, or even 50. However, as you near retirement, it becomes more important to protect your money, since you may need to access those investments before they have time to recover.