I recently walked through the children’s section of a big box bookstore for the first time in a long time, and I was stunned. Then depressed. Then angry.
Everyone wants to save money in the kitchen these days, perhaps spurred on by the hit reality show Extreme Coupononing. But how can you save on things likes plates and silverware? Think old school.
Only Sallie Mae has the gall to offer ironic advice in a book called Sallie Mae How to Pay for College: A Practical Guide for Families — with a cover price of $19.95.
California auctioneer Goodings & Co., sold a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa for $16.4 million on Saturday, the highest price ever paid for a car at auction. The previous record was $12 million, also for a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa.
If you believe conventional wisdom, student loans are “good” debt: They’re safe, lead to higher incomes, and generally pay off in the long run. The problem is that an increasing amount of evidence is showing that this thinking is distinctly unwise.
The New York Times Opinionator blog has a rather doting feature on More Than Wheels, a New Hampshire-based non-profit that sets people with bad credit up with low-interest car loans. But there are a few problems with this program that I would consider to be common myths about car buying.
A new study from Bank of America reports that 47% of Americans with more than $250,000 in assets won’t pick up the full cost of their kids’ college degrees.
PennyChic.com shows readers how to put together stylish outfits at Walmart. But seriously. Walmart? Shauna Miller says it’s actually not as bad as you think.
If you were a politician looking to raise a paltry sum of money to make it look like you’re serious about balancing the budget, there are a number of places you might look. Wasteful farm subsidies, defense spending, and tax loopholes might all be on the table. But apparently Congress has decided that the best way to [...]
