AboutLife / Shutterstock.com Maybe you’ve tried every frugal grocery hack in the book — things like always making a list, using coupons, learning the sales cycles and never going to the supermarket hungry. Or maybe you simply joined a warehouse club, where you can buy bulk groceries plus the occasional …
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ViDI Studio / Shutterstock.com If you’ve looked over your budget and think you can’t cut it down anymore, maybe you need to look a little harder. There are probably some expenses you still could reduce — or drop altogether — to save thousands of dollars a year. We found some …
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Photo by Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Money Talks News has partnered with CardRatings for our coverage of credit card products. Money Talks News and CardRatings may receive a commission from card issuers. A lot of people do their shopping at Costco — the beloved warehouse club has nearly 100 million …
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Photo by wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock.com How much does it cost to get by in retirement? Pretty close to what it costs to live before retirement. U.S. households led by someone who is 65 or older spend a whopping $ 50,220 a year. That’s according to the latest federal data on …
Read More »How Playing Games Can Make You Richer
Photo by Aaron Freeman / Money Talks News Wouldn’t it be nice if accumulating wealth, avoiding debt and retiring rich was as simple as playing Monopoly? Alas, that’s not the case. But it is possible to use some of the same techniques gamers use to make your money life a …
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Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock.com We all know how easy it is to blow money on a big purchase. Buy an expensive home or car, and you soon might regret it. But it’s also easy to lose gobs of money a little at a time. That’s true whether you live paycheck to …
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Prostock-studio / Shutterstock.com The older I get, the more I value a good night’s sleep — that deep, drooling, forget-the-world kind of sleep. But good rest doesn’t happen by chance, at least not after age 50. These days, it takes a little planning and effort. If you’re having trouble unwinding …
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