One of the most enlightening and beneficial personal finance exercises one can complete is to calculate your average monthly budget. I say “monthly budget”, but for the purposes of …

Every American should read this piece on health care costs, from Steven Brill, of Time Magazine. It’s 11 pages of excellent journalism that will enlighten and enrage you, as …

Marissa Mayer earned a lot of attention last week with her declaration to Yahoo employees that they would no longer be allowed to telecommute. – Some have said it …

I’ve had a number of years of using the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express as my primary card of choice for groceries (by far, the biggest expense …

This 529 Plan overview article has been updated with information for the 2024 and 2025 tax years. One of the most requested posts I have received since starting this …

If you’ve been through the public (or even private) school system, you know very well that personal finance is not taught in school. If you have children and you …

The national minimum wage debate is fun. And because the federal minimum wage is not currently indexed to cost of living changes, it usually rears its head every 5 …

Fresh off a somewhat heated discussion around keeping finances separate or combining in marriage, I realized we didn’t even get to the fun stuff: the cost benefits of joint …