It’s an age-old adage: Money can’t buy happiness. Or can it? A recent Princeton University study on the link between money and life satisfaction showed that those people who were fiscally responsible and didn’t worry about making ends meet (and …
By Brian M., Savings Advocate and Chicken Dance Expert On the wedding circuit? Not exactly married to the idea of buying gifts for everything from pre-shower showers to bachelor parties to so-called destination “vacations”? This professional wedding guest gets it—and …
If you’ve hosted Thanksgivings past, you know they’re a lot of fun, a lot of work – and potentially a lot of money. Don’t get us wrong, spending holidays with the people you love (even Aunt Ruthie, the close talker) …
What did we ever do before the cell phone? (Oh yeah, we land-lined, wrote notes and actually showed up when we said we would. Go figure.) These days, cell phones aren’t just our primary means of communication, they’re our source …
OK, it’s not even Thanksgiving and the holiday marketing blitz is taking over the TV, the computer and the mailbox. And don’t even get us started on the pre-season broadcasts of Rudolph and Frosty. C’mon, guys, we just barely got …
By Dan Greenshields, ShareBuilder President Have you heard about the 2010 Roth IRA Conversion? Financial pundits are beginning to chatter, so if you’ve got an individual retirement account (IRA) you’re probably in search of the facts and what it means …
By Dan Greenshields, ShareBuilder President There are signs that the recession is slowing, at least in the stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up nearly 60% since mid-March 2009. So what do you do? Invest more? Or did you miss the …
Fall is here and you know what that means – the chill of winter is creeping up on us. Don’t want to think that far ahead? With all the extra costs winter brings (winter coats and boots, heating bills, broken …
