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Looking at investing from a child's perspective can be eye-opening. And you don't need to have kids of your own to heed these lessons. Here are five tips for thinking like a child -- and turning that into some grown-up profits.

How much interest are you earning on your savings account? Checking? Now when was the last time you checked that amount? You may be surprised to find out just how low you're "High Yield" online savings account's rate has slipped over the past year. Since banks aren't required to inform you of every...

Over the weekend I read a great post on BillShrink.com about 16 depression era money saving tips that you can start doing to better prepare yourself for the realities of our current economic situation.BillShrink does a great job finding the characteristics and behaviors that got our grandparents...

Not much grinds my gears more than paying for a box, but every year without fail I end up buying several boxes so that I can store my assorted belongings in something that is easier to stack than a plastic bag. The Simple Organized Life blog has a simple solution to this box buying problem; ask...

I'm trying to live a slower life, and years ago I cancelled all my family's credit cards and we've now gone for almost two years without a car. A big problem with this sort of lifestyle is that it's truly hard to take a vacation -- it turns out that all of our vacations had been financed through...

The headline could read, "Move over Supermom: The tale of the übermom." Or maybe, "Super (simple) Mom is new maternal 'It' Girl." In today's New York Times, the profile of Shannon Hayes is full of generosity, nuance, and flaw; she's a representative of the mother who chooses to trade a power...