financial planning

Budgeting & Saving

Can you save for retirement if you don't have a job?

How can you plan for retirement when you don’t have a job? Tucking money away for your future is a good financial move not only when...

Budgeting & Saving

Our favorite online money management programs

It's a brand new year, and you're ready to create a spending plan to keep you motivated to save each month. Try one of these online...

Money and finance

Easy ways to improve your credit score

Establishing good credit is necessary in today's world. If yours isn't as high as you'd like it, there are some simple things you...

New Year - Your Career

Stay at home, work from home or career gal: The financial impact

Whether you are staying home with the kids, working at home or doing the daycare drop off each day, there are financial and...

Budgeting & Saving

Debt breakdown: Is being-debt free a realistic goal?

We help you understand your debt profile in order to evaluate what balances are realistic and how to best manage large purchases...

Budgeting & Saving

Get financially fit for 2013 with a year-end financial review

Are you in need of some financial guidance? Before you make your fiscal resolutions and goals for 2013, here are a few tips to guide...

Budgeting & Saving

Financial accounts every child should have

When it comes to your children and their future, you can never be too prepared. Start thinking now about what it is you want to...

Career Advice

Lindsey Pollak shares her expert career advice

If you are just finishing college, completely immersed in finding a perfect job or waiting tables until the career of your dreams...

Super Moms Guide: Money & Career

Best college savings plans

College expenses are rising, so find the best savings plan and be prepared!

Super Moms Guide: Money & Career

Working with your teen to save for college

If a college education is the goal, encourage your teen to help save for expenses.

Super Moms Guide: Money & Career

5 Reasons every parent should have life insurance

The death of a parent can leave children without options if there's no insurance coverage. Responsible parents should have a plan in...

Super Moms Guide: Money & Career

Retirement fund vs. college fund -- planning for the future

Planning for retirement and saving for your children's college simultaneously can be a challenge.

Money and finance

The best rewards credit cards

Tired of spending money and seeing nothing but debit transactions on your bank statement? Let us help you decide which rewards...

Budgeting & Saving

Tips for keeping your retirement plan on track

How are you doing on that retirement plan? If you haven't made plans yet, it's not too late. All you need is a plan and the...

Budgeting & Saving

Thrifty tips for young professionals in the big city

Living in one of the great cities of the world and making enough money to enjoy it, even frugally, can be very exciting. You...

Budgeting & Saving

Do you need a financial planner?

The older we get the more complicated navigating finances can become. Trying to understand health care options, retirement accounts,...

Family spending

5 Common budget missteps for families 

We know budgeting can be a drag, but a smart family budget is essential to help you realize your personal and financial goals. The...

Career and Time Management

How to lower your tax payments

Unless you want a knock on the door from Uncle Sam, there’s no way to get around paying your taxes. There’s simply a cost to living...

Career and Time Management

5 Great budgeting apps

We might still be feeling the effects of an economic downturn, but budgeting has never been easier. Between food costs and gas...

Budgeting & Saving

5 New Year’s financial resolutions

New Year's resolutions are on the top of most of our minds, and while losing 10 pounds may or may not happen, your financial goals...

Budgeting & Saving

3 Financial tips to manage money in the New Year

With a brand-new year staring us in the face, it’s likely you’ve had a few resolutions cross your mind. You know, things you want to...