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Surveys show most Americans will make a resolution to get out of debt in 2020. Surveys also show most Americans will fail miserably. If you want to get out of…
Resolution: 2025 is the year you’ll get financially organized, day by day. You know the drill this time of year. In the coming weeks, lots of print and even more…
The holiday season may be “the most wonderful time of the year,” but that can change fast if you end up with a huge pile of debt once the fun…
Some debates have no set answer, like which band was better – The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones? Stocks vs. Mutual Funds isn’t quite as captivating, if for no other…
Everybody is familiar with Thanksgiving traditions like eating turkey, watching football and trying to avoid annoying relatives at the dinner table. But there’s one tradition millions of Americans don’t realize…
What’s in a number? If it’s your credit score, a lot, especially if you keep it a high level – anything over 750 – and reap the numerous rewards available…
Surviving paycheck-to-paycheck in America is simultaneously commonplace and scary. But this doesn’t mean people just scraping by can’t overcome the debt that threatens to swamp them. All it takes is…
Facing a mound of piling debts each month is an exhausting process. You may be tempted to throw chunks of your paycheck at your auto loan one month and then…
June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane season. Meanwhile, across much of the Western U.S., major droughts have greatly increased the danger for summer wildfires. And don’t forget last winter’s…
Once upon a proverb, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” was just another way of saying, as 1960s hipsters did, “Diff’rent strokes for diff’rent folks.” Then came the internet…
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