Get smart with your money
Today’s top story: Finding your tax refund. Also in the news: How long you should keep your tax records, when to pay for ‘free’ shipping, and 7 steps towards financial literacy for your kids.
Where’s My Tax Refund?
Tracking down your refund.
How Long Should You Keep Your Tax Records?
What to keep and what to toss.
When to Pay for ‘Free’ Shipping
When “free” is worth the cost.
7 Steps Toward Financial Literacy For Your Children
It’s never too early for them to learn.
Today’s top story: How to safely shop online. Also in the news: The top financial complaints by state, how to lower your tax bill before the end of the year, and 5 ways car ads lie to you.
How to Safely Shop Online
Protect yourself from cyber theft.
Study: The Top Financial Complaints by State in 2016
What’s going on in yours?
How to Lower Your Tax Bill Before Year’s End
There’s still time!
5 ways that car ads lie to you
Don’t get duped.
Today’s top story: How to protect your credit cards online. Also in the news: Tips to avoid investing scams, moves to make before the Fed raises interest rates, and how to handle investments if you divorce.
4 Ways to Protect Your Credit Cards Online
With holiday shopping just around the corner, you can’t be too careful.
Simple steps retirees (and others) can take to avoid investing scams
If it sounds too good to be true…
5 moves to make before the Fed raises rates
It’s only a matter of time.
How to Handle Investments When You Divorce
Making sure your assets are fairly divided.
Finally Start Saving for Retirement With the Help of Your Tax Refund
Saving instead of splurging.
Even people decades away from retirement should pay close attention to how Congress just ended two lucrative ways of taking Social Security benefits, known jointly as the “claim now, claim more later” strategy.
One big lesson: Once claiming methods are seen as benefiting the affluent, they are labeled loopholes, and that puts them on the chopping block.
“They can go away, and they can go away fast,” says Michael Kitces, a partner and director of research for Pinnacle Advisor Group in Columbia, Maryland.
In my latest for Reuters, how claiming methods turn into loopholes, leaving them vulnerable to cuts.
In my latest for Money, a look at when it’s better to put away the laptop and purchase something at a brick and mortar store instead.
Today’s top story: How to stay safe while shopping for Labor Day bargains. Also in the news: Trusting apps that access your credit card, how to clear your ChexSystems record, and financial planning tips for college students.
Labor Day Deals: How to Stay Safe While Shopping Online
Don’t get taken for a ride while bargain hunting.
Should You Trust Apps That Access Your Credit Card Information?
Convenience doesn’t always mean safety.
5 Steps for Getting Your ChexSystems Record Cleared
When’s the last time your checked your ChexSystems record?
10 Financial Planning Tips for College Students
It’s all about the budget.
Calculate the Expected Salary (and Debt) With Your Degree
How much you’ll make and how much it’ll cost you.
Today’s top story: How to save on summer travel. Also in the news: Tips on organizing your financial life, making sense of financial terms, and four traits financially secure people share.
5 Ways to Save on Summer Travel
Your wallet deserves a vacation, too.
Four Steps To Organize Your Financial Life
Make next year’s tax season easier.
Demystifying Financial Terms to Manage Your Finances Better
Knowledge is power.
4 Traits That Financially Secure People All Share
Learning from the pros.
12 Ways to Keep Your Money Safe Online
Steps you can take to protect your information.