Tag Archives: personal financing
Andersons Complete Year of ‘Buying Black’
Empowerment Experiment family discusses challenges, triumphs
The Empowerment Experiment’s Anderson family discuss the successes that kept them empowered, the struggles that…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Don’t Just Toss Those Credit Card Notices
Be mindful, active in managing contract changes
Here’s what to do when your credit card issuer wants to change your terms, raise…
By Bridget McCrea
Finding the Right Personal Finance Applications
See how these virtual money-tracking tools stack up
For your convenience – and my own – I tested three personal finance apps, iBear…
By Renita Burns
Getting on Track
Tyvi Small works to improve his financial discipline
Tyvi Small is pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration. But when it comes to…
By Sheiresa Ngo
Preparing for the Future
Jason and Carol Wooden are expecting a bundle of joy. Will they be able to quit their day jobs early and enter semiretirement?
Herb White, a certified financial planner and founder of Life Certain Wealth Strategies in Denver,…
By Sheiresa Ngo
College Finance 101: A Crash Course for Parents
Deciding on a college because of its generous financial aid offer is one strategy parents…
By Robin White Goode
The Credit Card Fee Hustle
Minimum purchases on credit cards are a violation
It’s a shared feeling among many debit and credit cardholders. You head to the local…
By Renita Burns
Be Financially Fit!
Retirement planning is not just for the wealthy, says author Aaron W. Smith.
By LaToya M. Smith
Small Is Beautiful
Why community banks are suddenly a big hit with consumers
When it came time for Mell Monroe and his wife, Angela Higginbotham Monroe, to refinance…
By Donald Jay Korn
The SEC’s New IDEA to Help Investors
New system will be an essential tool for investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission will unveil a new financial reporting system that it claims…
