After your housing payment, your car payment is likely to be the next largest obligation you have. You can reduce your obligation with a little, according to an email I received from Swapalease.com. The email offers some interesting ways that … More
Do you have a financial disorder? What can you do to fix it? If you are concerned about your relationship with money, you can get a little help from Mind over Money: Overcoming the Money Disorders that Threaten Our Financial … More
Right now, with New Year’s resolutions revolving around better personal finances and saving money, it is no surprise that people are looking for good deals. And one place to look for the latest deals is with CurrentCodes.com. I spoke to … More
We’ve been seeing a lot lately about how revolving debt, such as credit card debt, is on the decline. Many consumers are interested in recovering from their debt, and the current economic climate has prompted many to begin digging out … More
As tough of a year as 2009 was for most people. I accomplished a couple of different things towards the end of 2009 that will be providing me a much better start to 2010 than I’ve had in any years … More
Forget the cynicism of New Year’s resolutions for a minute. Even if you don’t keep all of them, you are still more likely to accomplish more of what you want than those who don’t bother to make any resolutions at … More
We all know that we’re supposed to look at the credit card statements, checking them over to make sure everything is accurate and making sure that at least pay the minimum (although you should pay more than the minimum). However, … More
We’ve turned into a rather image conscious and materialistic society. How we appear to others is important, and many of us use credit and get into debt to look rich. Indeed, acting rich — as though we’ve got money to … More
Not too long ago, I won the book Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel by Phil Villarreal from a contest over at the site Fiscal Fizzle. It is easily one of the funniest money books I have read ever. Villarreal takes … More
If you are trying to change your financial habits, one of the first things you are likely to to is to change the way you handle your credit card purchases. However, in some cases, using a credit card is the … More
Mint.com, a free online budgeting and personal finance startup, recently announced that they have received $14 million in Series C funding. This funding round was led by DAG Ventures. In total, Mint.com has received more than $30 million in funding … More
