5 Practical Money Tips for New Grads by Credit.com Apr 26th 2013 12:25PM Beyond the usual platitudes and cliches, commencement speakers should consider giving their audiences of eager graduates these five crucial pieces of advice.
My Abusive Marriage Destroyed Me -- and My Finances by LearnVest Apr 26th 2013 5:00AM Everyone talks about the physical aspect of domestic abuse, but thereĀ's more to it. Leslie Morgan Steiner's ex-husband left her not only battered, but nearly bankrupt.
You're Rich! 5 Strategies for Staying That Way by Dan Caplinger Apr 25th 2013 10:04AM Rich people know it can be just as hard to hang onto your wealth as it was to earn it. Here are 5 steps you can take to avoid becoming a rags-to-riches-to-rags story.
Money Terms to Know: What Are Benchmarks? by Selena Maranjian Apr 25th 2013 10:00AM A benchmark is just a baseline for comparison, something to measure similar things against. But are you using benchmarks properly in your financial and non-financial life?
Money Terms to Know: Risk and Return by Selena Maranjian Apr 24th 2013 1:40PM We all know what financial risk is: the chance of losing your cash. And return is what you make on an investment. What many don't understand is the relationship between them.
What's Next for Social Security? by Chuck Saletta Apr 24th 2013 9:40AM Lately, nearly every time the Social Security Trustees have reported on the program's health, the news has gotten worse. Here's what we can expect from their next report.
Financial Literacy Gets a Hip-Hop Makeover by Molly McCluskey Apr 23rd 2013 5:00AM Long filled with messages of outlandish lifestyles and expensive habits, hip-hop has lately been promoting more frugal choices. From "Mo Money, Mo Problems" to the virtues of...
Money Terms to Know: Cost-Benefit Analysis by Selena Maranjian Apr 19th 2013 5:00AM At heart, cost-benefit analysis means creating a quantified pros and cons list for any decision -- a process that will usually yield better results than "going with your gut."