The following post by Dan Greenshields, President of ING DIRECT Investing, was originally posted on Huffingtonpost.com on January 12, 2012. Despite some good economic news over the last couple months – particularly the drop in the national unemployment rate – …
In the wide world of sports, football’s big game creates a frenzied hullabaloo of unmitigated proportions. Sure, friends get together to knock back a few and watch sports championships, but they don’t really come close to inciting the fanatical madness …
It’s happened to the best of us. You go online to check out your account activity and notice that charging yesterday morning’s $4 double mocha latte on your debit card pushed you $1 beyond your balance. Uh oh. But wait, …
We all start the new year with the very best intentions, but the cold hard truth is that less than 10% of people actually turn their resolutions into a lasting reality. Sure, we all swear that we’ll hit the gym …
It’s been well reported that this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday shattered all shopping records. An estimated $52.4 billion dollars was gleefully shelled out on flat screens, video games and a bazillion pairs of fuzzy socks during the 4-day …
Ah, Black Friday. It’s the one day of the year when otherwise sane people wake up horrifically early to schlep across town to large box stores. They wait in around-the-block lines, lukewarm coffee in hand and early-bird jockey elbows at …
Ask any parent and they’ll likely agree that it’s not so easy teaching teens about financial literacy (surveys have even reported that many ‘rents are more comfortable having the sex talk – really). With endless homework, after-school activities and hours …
Consumers are a vocal bunch about their likes and dislikes, but there’ve been few personal finance issues in recent history that have created such an absolute uproar as bank fees. Bank fees are a hot button topic – and for …
