Category Archives: Saving

Car Loans, Retirement, Saving · April 15, 2015

The Two Biggest Mistakes You Can Make When Buying a Car

If you lack the cash to buy a car free and clear, you really need to hear me out on the two worst financing moves you can make.

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Credit Cards, Health Insurance, Insurance, Saving · April 8, 2015

The Best Moves to Boost Your Credit Score

Having a good credit score isn’t good enough. To land the best loan deals and qualify for the best credit card offers you need to have a seriously great FICO credit score of at least 740. Here’s how to improve…

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Investing, Saving · March 22, 2015

Suze Orman’s 10 Tips To Spring Clean Your Finances

Spring is in the air! Springtime is about renewal and rebirth, and therefore a perfect to take stock of your life, and take charge of your finances. It’s time to get off the fence and spring clean your finances, ladies!

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Saving, Student Loans · January 11, 2015

Approved: White House Proposal for Universal Access to College

President Obama has announced a plan that would pay for 100% of the tuition for anyone who wants to attend a community college and can commit to remain on course to graduate from the two-year program in three years and…

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Debt, Student Loans · November 23, 2014

Attention Student Loan Borrowers: Can You Pass my Repayment Test?

I fear many student loan borrowers are flunking out when it comes to choosing the right repayment plan. Here’s a quick quiz to test your repayment smarts: You have about $29,000 in federal student loans.

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Investing, Retirement, Saving · November 17, 2014

The Road Not Taken: How Losing $50,000 Became My Biggest Gain

Far from aspirations that would lead a reporter to refer to me as “a force in personal finance,” my career is the result of a hot tub dream gone bad.

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Credit Cards, Portfolio Management · November 9, 2014

Beware: 2015 Prime Time for Credit Card Rates to Rise

You know how much I hate credit card debt, given the astronomical interest rates you are stuck paying. Though the average is around 14% I know plenty of you pay more than 20% interest. And next year could be even…

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Debt, Investing, IRAs/401(k)s, Retirement, Saving · November 2, 2014

Let’s Not Sell Young Retirement Savers Short

Let’s Not Sell Young Retirement Savers Short A recent paper from the influential Research Affiliates investment management firm (more than $140 billion in assets managed) takes the provocative stance that young adults saving for retirement should not start out with…

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Debt, Investing, Retirement, Saving · October 26, 2014

What Baby Boomers Are Getting So Wrong About Retirement

Listen up my 60 something friends (and those of you heading to that milestone soon) we need to have a talk about your retirement planning.

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