Mortgages and Retirement Are Not Peas and Carrots
Mortgages and retirement can strangle a tight budget and require special planning to be successful. More than a third of older homeowners are approaching …
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Dining Without Whining – Winning the Restaurant Game
Dining with a nice complementary wine is great, but dining without whining is awesome! While dining out can be a gut buster and a …
The Financial Literacy Payoff Has Finally Arrived
For more than two decades the nation’s largest payment networks, top banks, numerous financial firms, trade associations and tons of non-profit consumer advocacy/education have …
Grandparents Spend Time & Money Generously on G-Kids
Grandparents today share in the financial and cultural support of their grandchildren, like never before. A new survey estimates grandparents spend $179 billion dollars …
Dining Out – Gut Buster? or Budget Buster? or Both? Add Big Bucks to Your Piggy Bank
Americans are still blowing their budgets dining out. Repeated surveys list the top budget buster as eating out, followed by food and groceries (20%) …
Unprecedented Economic Turmoil Rattle Americans for 2019-2020
The unprecedented economic turmoil unleashed on U.S. consumers since December, by the longest U.S. government shutdown ever, is driving Americans’ bananas, heading to food …
Saving Painlessly – Lessons From the Old Timers of the Great Depression
There are dozens of downloadable apps available to count your every penny and help you save, however there are simple methods from the past …
Homeownership Makes Sense for Most Consumers – Single Women Get It
New research shows among the 50 largest metropolitan areas, single women own more homes than single men do. On average, single women own more …
What’s Love and Money Gotta Do With It ? — Plenty Pal or Sis
Love and Money are just like Peas and Carrots. Money management is a major factor in sizing up a soul mate as four out …
Fall Fashion Shopping May Soften This Year as Consumers Focus on Budgeting
While the economy appears to be better consumers will likely be budget conscious with fall fashion shopping. The projections come on the heels of …
