I’ve had a few readers come to me with this question in the last few weeks. With taxes due this Thursday, it’s cram time for a lot of people. As you rush to complete your …

There seems to be a good amount of confusion around what the American Taxpayer Relief Act (aka “the fiscal cliff deal“), actually means for marginal tax rates.
Many media outlets and personal finance blogs are incorrectly …

2012 concluded my first full year using the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express as my primary card of choice for groceries (by far, the biggest expense category I charge by credit card).
So I …

As you begin your own personal adventures in credit and debt land, you’ll notice an interesting phenomenon: borrowing rates vary quite dramatically from one type of loan to another.
Credit cards, for example, can have interest …

As with anything, when the majority of a population uses something, it usually becomes the target of malicious or criminal activity. Just ask Microsoft Internet Explorer engineers.
Now that over 80% of tax returns are e-filed …

Tax time is here.
But you wouldn’t know it by the lack of 1099′s hitting my mailbox, oddly enough.
I did just get my W2, so I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.
And instead of procrastinating …