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When Cash Is King: 5 Situations in Which You Should Pay with Hard Currency
We are all familiar with the convenience of credit and debit cards, and there’s no denying that they’re the preferred method of payment for many transactions. But sometimes good old hard currency is preferable. (Although maybe …
How to Beat Rising Food Prices: Be Smart About When You Buy
The severe drought in our nation’s breadbasket has a lot of people worried about rising food prices. That makes this a great time to know when to buy food — because knowing when to buy can save you a lot of money. Here are a …
Study: Guys Spend Stupidly When There Are Fewer Women to Date
Most men tend to do dumb things around women just to get their attention — wearing muscle shirts, flexing in muscle shirts, and lying about their job and marital status while wearing and flexing in muscle shirts, for instance. Add this to the list: spending money on stupid things and taking on credit card debt because they sense …
The Best Time for Back-to-School Shopping
About 80 million American children – from preschool to college – will return to school in August or September, and between now and then, they will need to buy school supplies and clothes.
Retailers are hoping for even …
Top 10 Conspicuously Expensive Purchases
Fancy cars and flashy jewelry are classics for consumers who are eager to show off. For more creative ways to make an “I’ve got money to burn” fashion statement and demonstrate one’s wealth (if not taste), consider these pricey, …
Women and Money: Even College Grads Flunk Personal Finance
One of the chief conclusions that financial literacy experts have drawn in recent years is that college graduates typically know enough to manage their money reasonably well. Now, a new study looking specifically at educated …
What Comes First–Wealth or Health?
Workers increasingly see themselves as more physically fit than fiscally fit, suggesting that good health is their strategy for saving money in retirement. But until they get control of their finances, their health is at risk no matter how many laps they may swim.
Forget Black Friday — Here Comes ‘Back-to-School Saturday’
We already have Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Presidents Day Sales, July 4th Promotions and about every “car sales event” you can think of. So it only makes sense that someone finally came up with the idea of Back-to-School Saturday.
More Americans Rely on Credit Cards for Basics Like Food and Gas
Americans are increasingly dependent on credit cards just to put food on the table and keep the lights on, a new study shows. Although we’re doing a better job overall paying our bills on time these days, many people are relying …
L.A. Parents Pony Up For Kids’ V.I.P. Lounge Access at Sixth-Grade Dance
Most middle-school kids have better things to think about than whether or not they’re members of the 1%. But one Los Angeles charter school upped the ante on the usual social anxieties of its annual dance when it installed a …
