Category Archives: Tuesday Top 5

Top 5 Money Apps for Your Tablet or Smartphone

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 have a tablet or a smartphone, it’s easy to spend too much money every month on downloading new, fun apps to entertain you. But what if those apps could actually [...]

Top 5 Ways to Protect Your Assets

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. Building wealth is only one side of the coin of getting rich; the other side is keeping what you have. And there are a number of ways you can do that, but [...]

Top 5 Ways to Lower Your Work Expenses

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. For those of you who are preparing to graduate in the next month or two, with a little luck that means you’re starting your first professional job. And if your entry-level salary [...]

Tuesday Top 5: Summer Jobs for Teens Outside the Box

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. This year, it’s never too early for teens to be thinking about their summer job opportunities. A new analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that teen unemployment has skyrocketed in [...]

Tuesday Top 5: How Being Cheap Can Cost You

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 [...]

Tuesday Top 5: How to Trim a Budget

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 [...]

Tuesday Top 5: Economics Principles and Your Life

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. Even if you’ve never taken Economics 101, you probably innately grasp how a few key principles work. Here are a few of the most common: Supply and demand is the most fundamental [...]

Tuesday Top 5: How to Spend Your Tax Refund

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 [...]

Tuesday Top 5: Dating Doesn’t Have to Be Costly

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 [...]

Tuesday Top 5: Give Your Retirement Plan a Makeover

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 [...]