This article was last updated in September, 2024. As we push through another cold, flu, and (likely) COVID season, I wanted to share the major updates on the current …

2024 update on free COVID tests: if you are here, you’re probably wondering “Are COVID tests still free?“. The answer is yes. Free USPS COVID tests have temporarily been …

Let’s start this “saving money on Amazon” guide with a few disclaimers. First, spending money you wouldn’t otherwise spend is not saving money. Second, only buy stuff from Amazon …

You may have noticed that I was AWOL from this site for, well… the entire summer. That wasn’t originally planned, but in retrospect, it was necessary. Smashing keys on …

The buzz around I bonds in the personal finance community has been off the charts the last few years, with guaranteed interest rates not seen anywhere else in recent …

As many of us have been dreading, the federal tax deadline is coming soon (Monday, April 15, 2024). With few exceptions (e.g. if you’ve filed a tax extension or your income …

Credit unions, as fiscally conservative member-focused non-profit institutions that distribute profits to their members, are surely safer than for-profit banks with return-hungry shareholders, right? That was my thought. Much …

Fresh off the 2nd and 3rd largest bank failures in U.S. history (Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, respectively), it seems like it might be a good critical time …