5 Tips for Managing Your Finances if You Have Been Laid Off

Anyone, young or old can have the misfortune of being laid off. The economy is such that it has become much more prevalent than it has in the past. There are ways you can survive a lay off if you follow these tips about how to manage your finances.
How is Your Money Being Spent?
When you [...]

What to Do Before Age 30 to Set You on a Firm Financial Path

Setting yourself up for a rosy financial future is not always the first thing one someone under the age of 30 thinks about, but it should be. What you do in your younger years can not only set you on a path to financial security, it will give you the financial discipline you need in [...]

Successfully Managing Your Credit

The easiest way to fall into the bottomless pit that is debt is by not knowing how to manage your credit successfully. Credit cards are not given to only those with financial savvy and they don’t come with an instruction manual on how to use them.
The average American has anywhere from five to eight credit [...]

Why You Need to Purchase Life Insurance

With America’s financial future in debate, paying an extra bill for life insurance each month may not seem to be worth it. If you have a family, then life insurance is one of the most important purchases you can make to ensure that your dependents will be taken care of if something unforeseen should happen [...]

April 2008 Net Worth - $82,394.84

Wow! April turned out to be a surprisingly good month for us. In fact, $6,587.24 is the largest net worth gain in a month that we’ve ever had. And the good news is that it wasn’t due to any one time irregular income like a tax rebate or economic stimulus payment (still waiting [...]