Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) were first introduced in 1974 to help with retirement planning. Since then, IRAs have gone through..
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Finances are an important but often neglected topic in relationships. Studies have shown that money is the No. 1 reason..
There are a total of about 610 million credit cards held today by U.S. consumers. That amounts to 3.5 per..
In the spirit of last month’s NCAA men’s and women’s basketball March Madness and Final Four, the National Endowment for..
This year taxpayers have until April 17 to file their 2011 tax returns because of Emancipation Day, a holiday observed..
Setting up an investment strategy can seem incredibly complex. You can find plenty of information on investing from the web,..
The S&P500 is up more than 11 percent this year and above 1,400 for the first time since mid-2008. This..
Many people are familiar with Murphy’s Law: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” This adage can also hold..
Each year, approximately 7.5 million vehicles are sold in the United States with an average price of about $30,000. Driving..
Editors’s note: For a slightly a different take on this important topic, see Dan Boylan’s column on Page 14. With..
A budget is an essential component of one’s finances. A cash flow or budget plan can help tell your money..
Financial problems are all around us. Many Americans today are in debt and are having difficulty paying it down. According..
Benjamin Franklin once said “Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Although one cannot control death,..
Your credit score is one of the most important numbers in your life. Banks use your credit score to determine..
In the book What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School, Mark McCormack tells about a study of Harvard..
