Personal finance

Do You or Your Spouse Handle the Finances Solely? Why This Might Not be a Good Idea

by Melissa

When a couple gets married, one of the first things that have to decide is who will pay the bills and make financial decisions. Ideally, both people in the relationship would make joint decisions and have open discussions about their finances, but unfortunately, this seems to rarely happen.  Instead, they may talk out large purchases, [...]

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What Would You Do If Your Spouse Died?

by Miranda

There are few things in life as traumatizing as the death of a spouse. Whether your spouse passes suddenly, in an accident, or suffers from a long-standing illness, it’s hard to face life without your companion and partner. And one of the most difficult things to work through is the money. When you lose a [...]

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The Three Best Financial Moves You Can Make for Your Child

by Melissa

My grandmother was a young bride during the Great Depression, and some of the frugality she practiced during that time never left her. When I was young, I routinely saw her washing aluminum foil and plastic bags for reuse. She and my grandfather lived in a trailer park during retirement to minimize their monthly expenses, and [...]

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10 Things Similar About Personal Finance And Running The NYC Marathon

by Glen Craig

It was a little over two years ago that I completed all 26.2 miles of the ING NYC Marathon.  This past weekend over 40,000 people ran the race.  Let me tell you running a marathon is an awesome experience!  There’s a lot of work and pain but it’s all worth it once it’s over. Know what [...]

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Financial Blogger Conference 2011 – Meeting the PF Blogger World and More

by Glen Craig

I woke up at the crack of dawn, if you can call stumbling out of bed, cursing the alarm waking up.  Strike that, it was about an hour before dawn.  At best I had four hours of sleep.  I had an hour to get up, shower, and finish putting my stuff together before I hopped [...]

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My 7 Links – Free From Broke

by Glen Craig

It’s been a while since I took part in a blog meme.  Recently Tom from Canadian Finance Blog nominated me to contribute to a meme called “my 7 links.”  It was created by a site called TripBase (click through that link to see the specifics).  The rules are basically to match an article you’ve published [...]

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What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and How Will it Help You?

by Glen Craig

In an attempt to correct the deficiencies that led to the financial crisis, the United States government has added a new agency to the mix. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created this year as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and takes affect July 21st. The broad [...]

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Where to Change Your Name After Marriage

by Glen Craig

The most common reason people change their names outside of being in Witness Protection is a bride after her wedding. Taking on your husband’s last name is traditional of a bride, and what many girls have been dreaming of possibly since their first date with the man of their dreams.  Changing your last name is [...]

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8 Reasons Why You Should Sell Your Home Before Buying a New One

by Glen Craig

When it comes to buying a home, buyers try to engineer the ultimate balancing act of buying the new one first, THEN putting the current one up on the market before the ink is even dry on the purchase contract. The object—and expectation—is to find that perfect home, then to put the old one on [...]

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How Being Trusting In a Marriage Can Hurt You in a Divorce

by Guest

Divorce: it’s a subject nobody feels comfortable talking about. Divorce is the true “D” word in the English language.  And yet divorce is something that may affect 50% or more of every American that enters into marriage.  Nobody wants to believe they might end up on the wrong side of that equation, but what if [...]

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