Personal Finance

Robert Kneschke / Shutterstock.com The late comedian George Carlin famously talked about “stuff” in what became one of his most epic stand-ups: “This is my stuff, that’s your stuff … That’s all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That’s all your house is: a place to …

How much do you really know about personal finance — or about sending money abroad? This is your chance to test your knowledge against the founder of The Simple Dollar, Trent Hamm. He scored 8/10. Can you do better? If the spirit of competition isn’t enough, five respondents will win …

Photo by Ivanko80 / Shutterstock.com As the coronavirus pandemic continues, most of us remain hunkered down at home. If you are trying to avoid taking trips to the grocery store, it’s important to make your food last as long as possible. We’re here to help! From reusable silicone food savers …

A couple of months ago, many people were thrust into the position of having to work from home for the first time, or for the first sustained period, in their career. It can be a major change for many people, and here’s some advice for getting started with working from …

Many students have spent years planning their post-graduation path. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended not only their senior year, but the entire national economy, and high school seniors are graduating into a world no one was prepared for. “The bottom line is, the college experience this fall will be …

Over the years, I’ve written about my own financial turnaround in bits and pieces, with an article here telling one piece of the story and another article over there telling another piece. Today, I thought I’d lay all of it out in one place, something of a financial and life …

How’s that retirement fund going? If you’re like a lot of workers, you may have doubts about whether you’ll have enough money tucked away to avoid spending your final years living on ramen noodles. Just 23% of respondents said they were “very confident” they would have enough money for a …

“Millennials already contended with graduating into one of the worst recessions in history and now, a little over ten years later, it feels like we’re getting punched in the teeth again,” says “Broke Millennial” Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together. Lowry …

Photo by AshTproductions / Shutterstock.com Switching to one of the world’s most popular and respected diets might lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. And consuming one specific component of the diet is likely to pay the biggest dividends. A recently published study from the National Institutes of Health looked …