Photo by goodluz / Shutterstock.com Life gets better as we get older. It may sound trite, but it’s true. As the pressures and insecurities of youth fade, we can finally relax, comfortable in our own skin, and enjoy the simple pleasures and joys of daily life. But it’s silly to …
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One of my favorite places in my home to sit is in a really comfortable chair that faces a big window looking out on some nearby houses and a cornfield (I live on the edge of a fairly small Iowa town). I usually sit there in the morning with a …
Read More » Photo by pixinoo / Shutterstock.com This post comes from Elizabeth Harper of partner site DealNews.com. You can sign up for an HBO subscription through your cable provider, via streaming services or directly at the source with HBO Now. However, the monthly cost of $ 14.99 means watching new episodes of …
Read More » Everybody messes up with money now and then. Honest people will tell you their regrets. Maybe they moved their 401(k) savings into cash accounts after the stock market crashed in 2008, missing the market gains since then. Or they bought a house they couldn’t afford. Or they waited until age …
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I love playing games, and I’ve found that one of the best strategies over the years for getting me to do anything is to turn it into some kind of game. I’ll find ways to keep “score,” keep track of my best score, and then try to break it, and …
Read More » Photo by Maksym Povozniuk / Shutterstock.com Building and living off a nest egg is tough — but you can make the situation even more difficult if you run afoul of some key laws governing retirement accounts. Make one wrong move, and the long arm of Uncle Sam may soon tap …
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What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.1. Tax refund concern2. Stay at home decision3. Hanging your clothes to dry4. My price book5. Don’t make retirement your …
Read More » Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.com What goes up must come down, right? For some prices, yes. Money Talks News analyzed the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Consumer Price Index data, which is for December 2019, to find out which things actually cost less going into 2020 than they did one year …
Read More » WAYHOME studio / Shutterstock.com A decision to save money doesn’t have to be life-changing or even involve sacrifice. It’s surprising how much money you can save simply by paying attention to how your money is being spent. People routinely buy things that they don’t truly need or perhaps even want. …
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