Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. If you’re like me, the thrill of seeking out a bargain ranks high on your list of hobbies. But can frugality ever cost you money in the long run? Sometimes, yes. Consider [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Whether you’re drawing up a draft of your first budget or you’d like to tweak an existing plan, there are simple ways that you can free up more cash for savings or [...]
We’ve written before about unintended consequences and banking restrictions or consumer credit. But there are plenty of other places where they show up. What if the new health-care law — meant by lawmakers to reduce medical costs for Americans — actually increased them for the average family’s household budget? An article in the Wall Street Journal [...]
February 15, 2011 – 5:15 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. In 2010, the average filer’s tax refund was a whopping $3,036, reflecting some new tax credits to stimulate the economy. A fat check like that gives the average family a whole lot [...]
February 8, 2011 – 4:32 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, men don’t have to be reminded that dating can be really expensive. But it doesn’t have to be. Here are five ways to avoid common relationship [...]
January 25, 2011 – 1:26 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. From Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to Bridalplasty, American culture has hit a saturation point in our fascination with the makeover. However, focusing some of that reinvention energy toward a more staid subject [...]
January 19, 2011 – 1:05 pm
Blue Monday, officially the most depressing day of the year, is coming up on January 24. How was it calculated? Here’s the official formula, courtesy of the U.K.’s Mental Health Foundation: According to the scientists who developed it, “The model was broken down using six immediately identifiable factors; weather (W), debt (d), time since Christmas [...]
January 4, 2011 – 6:05 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. Are you still sticking to your New Year’s resolutions? Good for you! You’ll hit your financial goals for 2011 even faster if you break these five common money-wasting habits. Fully fund an [...]
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December 28, 2010 – 1:26 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. After losing weight and getting fit, going on a financial diet is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions that people make come January 1. But rather than bite off more [...]
December 21, 2010 – 2:34 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps. According to a recent poll by Consumer Reports, a whopping 13.6 million Americans are still paying off the debt they incurred from last year’s holiday shopping. To keep yourself out of that [...]
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