Get smart with your money
Today’s top story: Goofed on your tax returns? Here’s what to do. Also in the news: 5 awful reasons to buy a stock, what newlyweds need to know about insurance, and does free shipping make you spend more money.
Goofed on Your Tax Return? Here’s What to Do
Don’t panic.
5 Awful Reasons to Buy a Stock
Be cautious when buying.
What Newlyweds Need to Know About Insurance
Changes you need to make.
Does Free Shipping Make You Spend More Money?
When free shipping gets costly.
Today’s top story: How to dodge scams and time-wasters in the online job market. Also in the news: Credit card bonuses are drifting further away, how job hopping can hurt Millennials in retirement, and how to fraud-proof your retirement savings.
Online Jobs: How to Dodge Scams and Time-Wasters
Don’t get taken for a ride.
As Credit Card Bonuses Balloon, They Drift Further Away
Bigger isn’t necessarily better in this case.
Job Hopping Can Hurt Millennials in Retirement
The 401(k) game.
6 ways to fraud-proof your retirement savings
Protecting your savings.
Some of us hoard cash while paying 18% interest on a credit card balance. Others blow through a tax refund as if it were free money when it’s actually a return of our own hard-earned dollars.
This brain quirk has a name: mental accounting. We treat money differently depending on where it comes from and how we intend to spend it, often to our own detriment.
We can, however, leverage this illogical behavior to help us save more.
In my latest for the Associated Press, how having multiple savings accounts could help you save more.
Today’s top story: VA Loans vs Conventional Mortgages. Also in the news: How much you can spend each month, how investors can sabotage their own portfolios, and what the AHCA ‘s preexisting condition rules could cost you.
VA Loans vs. Conventional Mortgages
The important differences.
How Much Can I Spend Each Month?
Creating a monthly budget.
How Investors Can Sabotage Their Own Portfolio Returns
Overconfidence can become a problem.
What the AHCA’s preexisting condition rules could cost you
Be prepared.
Today’s top story:
Spending, saving, or investing your graduation gift. Also in the news: How to find your net worth, how to avoid auto repossession, and avoiding a huge salary negotiation mistake.
Should You Spend, Save or Invest Your Graduation Gift?
Using it wisely.
How to Find Your Net Worth
Determining your number.
Late Car Payment? Avoid Repossession in 3 Quick Steps
Hanging on to your wheels.
You’ve probably already made this huge salary negotiation mistake
Don’t undervalue yourself.
Today’s top story: Budgeting for newlyweds. Also in the news: What you need to know about May’s Fed meeting, should a partner’s debt keep you from marrying, and a retirement literacy quiz you need to pass.
Budgeting for Newlyweds: Figuring Out Family Finance
Now comes the fun part.
May 2017 Fed Meeting: 7 Questions (and Answers)
What you need to know.
Ask Brianna: Should My Partner’s Debt Keep Us From Marrying?
Things to consider.
A retirement literacy quiz you need to pass
Knowing the essentials.