Erin: Marriage is a financial life-changer.

What’s the biggest thing to happen to you financially? Here’s what Erin – a self-professed insurance geek who’s married to a network security geek – had to say about our Question of the Month. The newly married tend to romanticize …

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Oh, home improvement TV, how you’ve changed my life…

Think home ownership’s something to aspire to, but still out of reach? Here’s what Sarah, a 20-something Savings Associate who loves her weekend-long home-improvement show marathons, says about her change of heart: I’m usually perfectly happy renting an apartment – …

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Liz: I finally realized that it’s not the recession – it’s me.

What’s the biggest thing to happen to you financially? Here’s what Liz – an LA-based event planner who hopes to be debt-free in 3 years – had to say about our Question of the Month. Last month, for the very …

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Money buys technology. Technology buys time. Does time buy happiness?

There’s been much debate on whether money can make you happy. Some contend that happiness comes from within and no amount of zeros at the end of your balance sheet can bring about true joy. Others contend that while “keeping-up-with-the-Joneses” …

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Nick: Why Savers are like squirrels.

How do you define being a Saver? Here’s what Nick – a Midwestern golfer, reader and Saver – had to say about our Question of the Month. I define being a Saver as acting like a squirrel. See, a Saver …

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Michelle: I daydream of becoming a Super Saver.

How do you define being a Saver? Here’s what Michelle – a CPA and budding entrepreneur – had to say about our Question of the Month. I’ve always had a healthy respect for money. Along with the usual little girl …

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Taxes on your favorite fizzy beverage? It could be in your future.

That wise old sage Ben Franklin famously once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” and never is that more apparent than now, just mere days away from the filing deadline. And …

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Nick: Saving is a way of life.

How do you define being a Saver? Here’s what Nick, a Chicago wine consultant with a penchant for talking about money, had to say about our Question of the Month. Being a Saver doesn’t just mean opening a savings account …

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