In the immortal words of Hank Williams Jr. “All my rowdy friends are here for Monday night (finance).” No professional sports? No problem! Here are three great personal finance articles…
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3 easy ways to avoid costly bank charges
TrueFees, Sep 3, 2019 Being nickeled and dimed with incidental charges by your bank can be frustrating. In addition to those small fees being hit with high overdraft fees is…
Repair or replace: Here’s a rule of thumb for when it’s time to break up with your old car.
Washington Post, Oct 24, 2019 There’s a battle intensifying in our home. I want to keep my 13-year-old Honda Odyssey. I’ll admit it’s definitely a clunker. For a bit of…
Your Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Spiked. Now What?
The New York Times, Aug 23, 2019 Karen Herzog, a retired high school teacher, bought a long-term care insurance policy 12 years ago because she didn’t want to burden her…
A Financial Checklist for Your Newly Minted High School Graduate
The NY Times, May 31, 2019 The summer after high school graduation inevitably includes monthslong encounters with various to-do lists. Extra-long-sheet purchases and milk crates for future collegians. A résumé…
Why you, too, should be ‘a saver . . . and a buy-and-hold investor’
The Washington Post, May 10, 2019 Former newspaperman Gordon Eliot White wrote me a smart email a few weeks back, responding to my column about how to make your retirement…
Struggling with Managing Your Budget? Here Are 5 Personal Finance Apps Renters Should Look Into
RENTCafé blog March 27, 2019 Money is always difficult to manage, whether you have a lot or little of it. There are monthly recurring payments, like rent and utilities, transportation, food…
CountAbout: How the Affordable Cloud-Based Personal Financial Management Platform Makes Budgeting Convenient
badcredit.org March 26, 2019 Imagine it’s 2012, and you’re out shopping for a new desk chair for your home office. When you start to think about what kind of chair…
The Best Identity Theft Protection Services
Reviews.com, March 15, 2019 The Best Identity Theft Protection Services To be clear, identity theft prevention services don’t exist — there’s no way to actually prevent your identity from being stolen. What…