Dave Ramsey is one of the most famous financial advisors in the country. He has a popular radio show turned podcast, a series of books, and even a curriculum called Financial Peace University that is taught in hundreds of location nationwide. He teaches people how to become debt-free using a set of basic principles called…
Sitting down and creating a budget is just about the least sexy thing you could ever do. It’s certainly a lot more fun to spend money with abandon, then deal with the consequences later. But it can be empowering to know how much you have to spend on various things each month, and to not…
Most Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement, the latest data shows. Financial journalist Brian Stoffel has compared Transamerica data on what Americans of different ages actually save with Fidelity guidelines for what they should be saving, and he found that Americans start to fall behind in their 30s as living expenses mount up. At 35,…
Teens are impulsive. They aren’t cognitively developed enough to make quick, smart decisions like adults. Teens are notorious for their impulsive spending habits. A 2014 teen spending report from Piper Jaffray showed that teens are spending a significant amount of their money on things like clothes and food. Hanging out at the mall mixed with…
In 2003, six in 10 Americans were estimated to spend their working days sitting in front of a computer, according to a study by the Mayo Clinic. At home, people spend about four hours per day watching TV plus additional time on their smartphones. This sedentary lifestyle comes at a huge cost. Sedentary people have…
Your home is the safest place in the world. Or it can be. But many home security systems are expensive and have a monthly subscription that can simply cost more than your budget allows. So how do you keep the most important things safe on a budget? Here are 5 simple and inexpensive ways to…
We all know that we need to save money but, for those of us who have been playing the savings game, sometimes cutting out our daily latte and making our own lunches, just won’t cut it anymore. The good news is that there are things you can do now that will help save money later….