Budgeting is one of those all-important things you’re much better off not skipping — sort of like breakfast and good walking shoes. Sure, you can live without those things, but you’re going to have a bad time. At least, investing ...

Does the thought of saving money bring to mind the things you will have to sacrifice? It’s not very motivating to focus on what you’re going to lose rather than how much you can gain by getting out of debt ...

Once you hit a certain age, it seems like retirement is all people ever talk about. And if you haven’t planned your own retirement fund down to the last dollar, it can feel overwhelming to start now. Some people are ...

Some experts are saying that the stock market’s really good right now — so good, in fact, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. According to Tim Melvin, a financial expert who’s showing us the Better Way to Wealth, that’s ...

Going back to school doesn’t have to be so expensive. For kids (and parents), the beginning of the school year can feel like a time for reinvention—it’s the time to start fresh, to challenge ourselves and our kids to improve, ...

Budgeting is a great tool to map out monthly income and allocate funds in a way that sustains comfortable and, ideally, happy lives.  The tricky thing about budgets, however, is that they vary so much from one person to the ...

If you have little or no savings, that makes it hard to handle emergencies — and I don’t need to tell you that life is full of curveballs.  When life gives you lemons, it’s a little hard to make lemonade ...