Personal Finance

It can be done. All across America, families are meeting a mighty financial challenge – the challenge of paying college costs with retirement potentially on the horizon. How do they do it? They go about it consistently; they also get creative.

First, make sure the priorities are in the right order. Strange as it may sound, your retirement may need to take precedence over your child’s college education.

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Many of us plan thoughtfully for all kinds of life goals. Yet many of us spend impulsively, using our money on the moment rather than saving or investing it for the future. This last recession caused us  to take a second look at where our dollars go. If you seem to be making adequate money and yet dollars still appear to be slipping away from you, maybe it is time to break some budgeting and spending habits.

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Before you know it, holiday season will be here, and with the good cheer comes gifts and thank-yous and tips. Who gets what, and how can the kids get involved?

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Today, women are helping to shape new conversations around the dinner table, and one of them is about money.  According to a Women & Co. study, 91% of women are talking about finances with their family; two-thirds believe that talking about money is much more socially acceptable than it was before the recession. 

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Wondering how to teach children about money when you're still working on getting them to do their homework or clean their plate? It’s never too early ― or too late ― to start sharing money lessons with your kids.

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In the more than hundred years since Coca Cola and Post Grape Nuts issued the very first coupons, the face of the industry and of the coupon shopper have transformed.  With overall coupon use up 27% last year, after nearly two decades in decline, the coupon has made its comeback!  But this time around both the coupons and the consumers who use them have changed!

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My kids will not have new backpacks and lunch bags. They will not open their desk to that "new crayon smell." Nope, my kids will come to school wearing used uniforms, carrying last year's backpacks and lunch pails and using a recycled Tupperware full of half-used glue sticks and pre-sharpened pencils.

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According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, married men are leading richer lives. Why? Partly because more men these days are marrying women who are bringing in even more money than they are, making their combined income pretty darn awesome.

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A look into how the economic downturn in the U.S. has affected marriage, sex and family already, and which of these changes will stick when the recession's over. 

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Stop! It’s easy to blow your refund on stuff you don’t really need. This year, take the time to consider some options that will benefit you financially.

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