Get smart with your money
Bedbugs. Weird smells. The possibility of imminent breakdowns. People have all sorts of excuses for not buying used stuff.
Those who deliberately buy used items, though, say such fears are not just overblown — they’re also expensive.
In my latest for the Associated Press, how buying used items can save you money while not sacrificing quality.
Today’s top story: You could be overspending with credit cards. Yes, you. Also in the news: Your excuses for not contributing to a 401(k) are dwindling, which is the best way for you to zap your debt, and how millennials can prepare for the next financial crisis.
You Could Be Overspending With Credit Cards. Yes, You.
Keeping your spending in check.
Your Excuses for Not Contributing to a 401(k) Are Dwindling
No more excuses.
Different Ways to Zap Your Debt: Which Is for You?
Finding the best way to conquer your debt.
How millennials can prepare for the next financial crisis
Preparing for the inevitable.
Today’s top story: Helping after a disaster: will your insurance protect you? Also in the news: How to prevent credit card photo-bombs on your social media, Millennials are falling for young stocks, and how to lift or cancel a credit freeze.
Helping After a Disaster: Will Your Insurance Protect You?
What you need to know.
Prevent Credit Card Photo-Bombs on Your Social Media
Don’t overshare.
Millennials Are Falling for Young Stocks. Will It End in Tears?
Picking trendy stocks?
How to Lift or Cancel a Credit Freeze
Important info post-Equifax breach.
Today’s top story: Equifax messed up – who pays? You do. Also in the news: 5 foolproof ways to build wealth without a lottery ticket, 3 ways to score after iPhone 8 and iPhone X release, and your ‘money personality’ is first step to financial freedom.
Equifax Messed Up — Who Pays? You Do
5 Foolproof Ways to Build Wealth — No Lotto Ticket Needed
3 Ways to Score After iPhone 8, iPhone X Release
Your ‘money personality’ is first step to financial health
Today’s top story: How a public adjuster can help with hurricane insurance claims. Also in the news: How to choose a student credit card, how millennials got a 6-figure start on retirement saving, and Equifax is waiving their credit-freeze fees.
How to Choose a Student Credit Card
Finding the right card for you.
How a Public Adjuster Can Help With Hurricane Insurance Claims
You don’t have to go it alone.
How Millennials Got a 6-Figure Start on Retirement Saving
Already ahead of the game.
Equifax Is Waiving Their Credit-Freeze Fees for 30 Days
How kind.
Today’s top story: How 3 people conquered credit trouble and bought homes. Also in the news: Top 10 apps for buying the right car at the right time, biting on Whole Foods new prices, and 6 Equifax hack rumors fact-checked.
How 3 People Conquered Credit Trouble and Bought Homes
How to come back from credit trouble.
Top 10 Apps for Buying the Right Car at the Right Price
Get the car you want at the price you want.
Should You Bite On Whole Foods’ New Prices? Maybe Not
Are you really saving?
6 Equifax hack rumors fact-checked
Fact from fiction.