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Teach Kids About Money With These 6 Super Fun Mobile Apps

Teach Kids About Money With These 6 Super Fun Mobile Apps

You want your kids to learn real-life skills like money management and business, but you know lecturing will only get you so far. They need a fun, interactive and entertaining experience for the information to stick....
Help for Moms Who Work: Financial Tips For Success

Help for Moms Who Work: Financial Tips For Success

If you're a working mom, you know it can be hard to make it all work. Managing so many responsibilities can feel overwhelming, but with a few financial tips and tricks from others who have been there, the juggling act...
How to Save for College

How to Save for College

These days, college costs a pretty penny. From 2003-2004 to 2013-2014, the average cost of college rose by 34 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. During the 2013-2014 school year, the...
Debit vs. Credit Card: Important Differences You Should Know

Debit vs. Credit Card: Important Differences You Should Know

To perform the job of a money manager, you need financial tools. However, even more important than a full tool bag is knowing how to use each tool. A debit card and a credit card look nearly identical, but they perform...
What is the Best Way to Pay off Loans?

What is the Best Way to Pay off Loans?

Pretty much nobody likes having debt and many people want to pay off loans as fast as they can. But despite that fact, Money reported that at the end of 2015, Americans held a total of $935.6 billion in credit card debt,...
How to Stick to a Budget: 6 Surprising Budget Busters and Their Alternatives

How to Stick to a Budget: 6 Surprising Budget Busters and Their Alternatives

Knowing how to stick to a budget is simple... on paper. When real life happens, however, things get complicated. For example, no one puts "speeding ticket" as a line-item on the anticipated expenditures for the...