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There may be a way to unlock some extra cash for the holidays right under your nose. If you're getting a tax refund of more than $500 come springtime, it means you are giving the government an interest-free loan. Wouldn't you rather have some of that money now? Here's how to get it.
Put Your iPhone to Work, Money-wise, With These Apps
1:00PM 7/21/2011
By Robyn Gearey, The Motley Fool
Technology, Apple, Economizer, Family Money, Personal Finance, Saving Money
You already know your iPhone can check email, take photos, watch movies, play music, and oh yeah, make phone calls. But did you know it can also deposit checks, calculate the correct tip in a French cafe, and file your taxes? Here are six essential apps for the committed personal financier.
Suze Orman's Four Top Financial Lessons to Teach Your Kids
6:00PM 1/31/2011
I haven't met these parents that Suze Orman told me about, but she insists they exist: Parents who give their children allowance for doing nothing or for just bare minimum chores such as making their beds or keeping their rooms tidy.
Allowances shouldn't be given just because the child thinks...
How to teach your kids the value of money
12:00PM 7/20/2010
I wrote a story for WalletPop last week on how to prepare your child for an allowance. For those who prefer video to reading, here's a TV interview I did the next day on "The View from the Bay," a San Francisco TV show.
How to prepare your child for an allowance
7:00AM 7/15/2010
My daughter is only five years old, but I'm already worried she isn't learning money management skills early enough.
We haven't started her on an allowance yet, and every time my wife and I vow to start another "chore sheet" on the side of the refrigerator, we don't always follow through on it and...
When it comes to money, kids listen to their parents
2:00PM 5/06/2010
Despite what you think, when it comes to your kids and money they're listening to you.. At least that's what a recent survey by Salem Five Bank, a community bank based in Salem, Mass., seem to suggest.
Salem Five Bank, which I referenced in a recent post about setting up a savings account for your...
When it comes to allowances, kids and parents alike believe "everybody's doing it," ... everybody except them. The truth is, however, while some families do have their progeny paydays in order, most of us don't. We all want to teach our kids how to be financially savvy and responsible, but...
If you like the simplicity of Amazon's One Click purchases, then you may fall in love with the new Amazon PayPhrase service that just launched.
PayPhrase lets you create a phrase associated with your Amazon account and complete purchases at Amazon and partner stores like DKNY, Jockey, Buy.com and...
Use an allowance to teach your kids about money
12:00PM 5/20/2008
One of the building blocks of personal finance for me came from my early exposure to money management at home through earning an allowance. Deciding what method to use in order to give your children an allowance which both educates them and enables them to buy stuff for themselves can be...
What do kids -- the non-millionaire types - do with their money?
3:30PM 4/30/2008
The Olsen Twins were once the world's nations wealthiest kids but it seems that title has been handed over to none other than Miley Cyrus. PEOPLE magazine has reported that Disney's singing and acting sensation and her Hannah Montana brand are slated to bring in $1 billion by the end of the year....
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