So, whatever happened to that interest rate hike? It was supposed to happen all spring, then all summer, and now we’re supposed to be fully confident that the Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates by the end of 2015. But so far, it hasn’t. On one hand, that’s great news: You still have […]
Finding The Car You’ve probably heard that a car is the second-largest purchase the typical American makes after their home, but that’s not really true. It might seem like it, since the median home price in the US was just under $190,000 last year, while a new Honda Civic starts at about one-tenth as much. […]
As Halloween gets closer and you want to avoid the chilly darkness of October evenings, grab a blanket and stream a marathon of scary movies. Horror flicks are classic fun, whether they’re good enough to keep you up all night when you’re home alone or bad enough to laugh at while with a group of […]
The credit union movement began 160 years ago with a simple but radical idea. That with the help of your neighbors, you can improve your financial well-being. This idea spread across the world, and credit unions flourished, especially during times of economic hardship. During the Great Depression, scores of ordinary Americans—farmers, teachers, small business owners—found […]
Title: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Author: Greg McKeown Price: $13.26 Hardcover, $7.65 Paperback on Amazon We live in a world with too many choices. We have a dozen varieties of M&Ms, GPS apps and styles of jeans. Does Pizza Hut have to invent a new kind of pizza every month? What was […]
There’s nothing like a hearty soup to warm you up on a cold day. Chock full of beans and protein, this delicious Mexican dish will do the trick! Pair with fresh bread and make it a meal. You may want to prepare the beans ahead of time. Ingredients 1 ¼ cup dried navy beans (8 […]
When it comes to your finances, it can seem like all the advice you get is deadly boring, unbearably abstract or both. For example, when it comes to paying off debts, how can you be expected to make a dent without first having a spreadsheet that compares all your credit cards and loans with columns […]
Football has begun, the leaves are changing and the kids are back in school. Clearly, it’s time to start thinking about Christmas. Some of you are reading this on your phone while waiting in line at Starbucks, preparing to buy your first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season, but it’s time to start thinking of […]
You may have noticed a surge in the number of ponytails and slightly exposed tattoos around the workplace water cooler. Or perhaps you find you now need to get to the office earlier if you plan to land a space for locking up your bike. Maybe you’ve had to make peace with the fact that […]
If you spent the morning on Twitter, CNN, or just about any other corner of the Internet, you might believe that the only thing that’s happened anywhere in the universe this week is Apple’s product announcement on Wednesday. Joined by developers from Adobe and Microsoft, the company showed off a new iPad, new iPhone, and […]