Video: Year end tax planning
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Taking time now can save you on taxes in the new year.
Smart money moves for 2009
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Check out our guide to news, advice and tools that will help you plan for a financially successful new year.
Tips to cope with the economy in 2009
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Bankrate’s senior financial analyst explains the best way to approach your finances in the coming year.
Review: Living Well on One Income
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Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book.
A week and a half ago, I wrote a piece about Christian themes in personal finance books. I wrote that piece mostly because I was trying to work through my feelings about this book.
Living Well on One Income by Cynthia Yates is an excellent […]
9 Actions You Can Take to Survive the Airport
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Sometimes it seems like a minor miracle if you can make it from the airport doors to your seat on the plane without being searched, patted down, waiting in an exorbitantly long line, having your gate changed, being charged a fee, or a host of other annoyances. There are many things at the airport that […]
New Year’s Resolution Workshop #3: Save for a Down Payment
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Over the next few days, we’re going to take a look at five common New Year’s resolutions that people often adopt for their finances, evaluate some of the traps that people fall into with regards to that resolution, and come up with some real actions that can turn a challenging New Year’s resolution into a […]
Personal Finance Articles This Week
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Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week:
2009: A year of Economic Hell
Truck and SUV sales rising, hybrid sales fall as gas prices drop
The Rise of the Four-Day Work Week?
New Capitalism: Overvalued assets must not be allowed […]
Is now the time to buy real estate?
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If you’ve finally found your dream home, don’t wait to buy, says the Real Estate Adviser.
High credit scores get top loans
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Your ability to get a loan with the best terms is still based on your credit score, only now it must be higher.
Good Time to Look Forward, Not Back
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If you want something to look forward to this week, it might as well be the New Year. You’re unlikely to find much sunshine in the few backward-looking economic statistics scheduled for release. On Tuesday, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for October are expected to confirm the glum readings…
Market Brings Smiles to Toymakers
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Despite concerns about the economy in general and holiday sales in particular, stocks of toymakers rose during the last month. Three of the five public companies gained: Mattel, maker of Barbie, Fisher-Price and High School Musical toys, up 27 percent; JAKKS Pacific, with lines including World…
Money Market’s Survival Is No Revival
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Three months after the government stepped in to prop up reeling money-market funds, the $3.8 trillion industry is largely healthy again, with money flowing back to the safe-harbor investments.
Where to Find A Decent Return
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Risk is out of the question. But the safest investments deliver almost nothing — especially now when interest rates are at record lows. So how do you squeeze out a decent return and still sleep soundly?
Do Your Part To Get Credit Under Control
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The New Year is a good time to begin new practices, especially concerning money management.
Recession Could Bring Big Change in What Consumers Demand in New Homes
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What will new homes look like after this recession, which has brought construction nearly to a halt? Consumers who have learned the bitter lessons about declining home values, burdensome debts and ephemeral retirement savings values may well demand different houses than the ones that dot our rece…
Chat Plus: Should I Refinance at 4.75?
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Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and writer Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
National City $150 Bonus
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National City Bank is running a FREE $150 bonus. You need to sign up for their checking account, link your account with direct deposit, and swipe your check card 10 times to qualify.
Offer expires Dec 31, 2008.
New Year’s Resolution Workshop #2: Spend Less Money
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Over the next few days, we’re going to take a look at five common New Year’s resolutions that people often adopt for their finances, evaluate some of the traps that people fall into with regards to that resolution, and come up with some real actions that can turn a challenging New Year’s resolution into a […]
GM Rallies As GMAC Goes Under TARP
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General Motors moves higher as its finance arm gains bank status and eligibility for TARP funds.
I Hate to Eat Out
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Eating out used to be one of my favorite things to do. I loved to relax and be served great food with a minimum of effort on my part.
This was before my husband and I implemented a budget, tracked our spending and were shocked at what we spent on restaurants. We didn’t even remember […]
New Year’s Resolution Workshop #1: Get Started with Retirement
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Over the next few days, we’re going to take a look at five common New Year’s resolutions that people often adopt for their finances, evaluate some of the traps that people fall into with regards to that resolution, and come up with some real actions that can turn a challenging New Year’s resolution into a […]
Hatin’ on Subway revisited.
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Back in March of this year (won’t be able to say that for awhile) I posted about why I hate Subway. It’s been frequently viewed and commented on so I felt I should re-visit the subject.
I’m willing to accept that Subways are franchises and different locations may differ from one another in some ways. I […]
How I Save Up to 75%: Online Shopping Strategies
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Before the days of the Internet, I never really enjoyed shopping for the sake of shopping, especially after the open air “shopping centers” of my youth gave way to the enclosed, artificially lit “shopping malls” of my teenage and early adult years. Shopping meant that I had to get into a car and drive […]
The Intelligent Investor: A General Approach to Security Analysis for the Lay Investor
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This is the twelfth in a weekly series of articles providing a chapter-by-chapter in-depth “book club” reading of Benjamin Graham’s investing classic The Intelligent Investor. Warren Buffett describes this book: “I read the first edition of this book early in 1950, when I was nineteen. I thought then that it was by far the […]
Shop wisely for happy returns
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Make returning gifts easy by doing your homework and keeping receipts.
Use cash for refinance or debt payment?
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Should you apply extra cash to a refinancing, or use it to pay down debt? Dr. Don Taylor has the answer.
Retiring abroad: Cheap but different
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Retirement abroad used to be the purview of the well-to-do. These days it’s becoming a survival mechanism for dwindling nest eggs.
Prepare for Stimulus
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You can question whether Obama’s plan will succeed, but don’t doubt that alot of money will be spent.
A Lender’s Dream
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Corporate bonds have become more attractive than at any other time in my investment life.
Be A Bad News Bull
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It’s better to be a little early than a little late getting back into stocks.