How to Use Gift Cards Wisely to Maximize Their Value

by Glen Craig
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The holidays have come and gone! I’m sure many of you have gotten a gift card or two as a gift.  I know I love getting a gift card to a store I love! Don’t go spending what’s on those cards just yet though.  With a little forethought you can make sure you use the gift [...]

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How to Make Your Own Pre-Paid Debit Card – And Suze Orman’s Approved Card

by Glen Craig

There’s been a bit of a ruckus with the release Suze Orman’s pre-paid debit card — the Approved Card. Her card joins other celebrity cards such as the Rush Card and the Kardashian Card. The problem, many claim, is that pre-paid debit cards come with fees to use them.  With Suze’s card, people are claiming [...]

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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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Still Want a Deduction for Tax Year 2011? It’s Not Too Late

by Miranda

Now that 2012 is underway, many are concerned that it is too late to log more deductions for 2011. For the most part, you’re out of luck: It’s too late to sell those losing investments for a deduction, or donate to a charity for a 2011 deduction.  December 31 has passed, and many of your [...]

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Raises for Federal Workers and Links

by Kevin Mulligan

The Obama administration has proposed raising pay for federal employees by 0.5% in the 2013 budget. Worker pay has been frozen (unless you get promoted into a new pay grade) for about 2 years while inflation has continued to rise.  With the nation now over $15 trillion in debt and on a fast track to [...]

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To Do This Year: Buy Renters Insurance

by Glen Craig

Since 2008 and 2009, owning a home is about as in style as teased hair. As foreclosures continue and people end up selling their home for less than what it was worth, renting has become the new way to live.  Not owning a home takes away the investment risk that is inherent in home ownership. [...]

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The Best 0% Balance Transfer Credit Cards

by Glen Craig

For a while, 0% balance transfer credit cards disappeared from mailboxes. Now, though, they are starting to make a comeback as the economy improves, and as credit scores start to rise. If you are looking to transfer some of your higher-interest credit card balances, you can use one of these offers — you usually receive [...]

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Alternatives to Joining the Gym

by Melissa

Every new year, people resolve to lose weight and get in shape. One of the ways they often try to do this is to join the gym. If you go to any gym around the country in January, you will notice that it is packed with well-intentioned people; however, come March, what does that same [...]

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What Do You Think of New Year’s Resolutions?

by Glen Craig

This is the time of year where you come up with a list of resolutions for the New Year. Some want to exercise more.  Others simply want to lose weight.  Some want to save more money, while others want to get out of debt. What do you think of New Year’s resolutions? I’m not sure [...]

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Three Stories That Prove Consumers Still Have Power

by Glen Craig

There’s a story that the media has missed in all of their 2011 wrap up stories. It’s one of those rare feel-good economics stories that deserves to be relived because in 2011, one group above so many others who tried, showed that they have far more power than what they thought. It’s not a story [...]

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