Spending & Saving
How to decorate a dorm room on a budget
An opportunity to live in a dorm room is a pleasant start to independence and perhaps the first experience in doing up your own bedroom. A dorm room that feels like home refreshes one after a long day at class and a well decorated dorm room that reflects what you love will help you study better.
A dorm room is but a dorm room, a place you will not spend a lifetime in. Moreover, the more you accumulate
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by David Thill
The single greatest source of security applies when banking online as well as by cell phone: That source
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by Dave Real
With the current trend of phone tapping, snarfing and other identity theft or intrusion methods, one
Banking Basics
- Is a credit union better than a bank
- Is free banking in the UK really free?
- How to use effective and nominal interest rates
- Humor: ATM etiquette at the drive through teller
- How to avoid common mistakes when you endorse a check to a third party
- How to balance your checkbook
- How do Fed rate cuts affect fixed deposit rates?
Budgets & Saving
- How to create a budget that you can live with
- The basics of personal budgeting
- How to budget when you get irregular payments
- Introduction to budgeting with Microsoft Money
- How teachers can save money for summer vacations
- How to save money and eat healthy
- How to identify needs vs. wants when reorganizing costs
Smart Spending
- Things you must do before buying spectator binoculars
- How to cope with being flat broke
- How to save money on your favorite magazines
- How to make your teens change their spending habits
- How to save money as a cat owner
- How to find good deals at garage sales
- How to deal with a spouse that spends too much money
Spending & Saving (Other)
- Book reviews: Mad Money, Watch TV, Get Rich by Jim Cramer
- Ways to save energy & money at home
- Why are Scottish bank notes often not accepted in England?
- Store reviews: Costco
- What are the largest bank notes available in the UK?
- Bank reviews: Union Bank of California
- Smart bartering in a recession economy
Creating and sticking to a budget can seem daunting. It's not. A budget is nothing more that a plan for managing your money: how much
by Leigh Goessl
With the rate of inflation it seems everything, including food, is on the rise. Grocery stores are seeing record increases and restaurants
by L. Beall
Being frugal and being cheap are often so close we can't tell which one we are. When you find yourself in a situation of limited financial
by Starla Ross
We're all familiar with those infamous weight-loss tips we browse and read over in the brochures of our doctor's waiting room. Not
Writing Assignments
- Banking Basics
- E-banking: Safest and easiest way to do transactions online
- Compare fees for online payment methods
- Budgets & Saving
- Software reviews: Budget Express
- Software reviews: 3clickBudget
- How to apply for food stamps online in Pennsylvania
- Software reviews: Ezy Personal Accounting
- Software reviews: Home Bookkeeping
- How to make the most of Quicken Home Inventory Manager
- Software reviews: You Need a Budget Pro
- Software reviews: SmartMoney
- Smart Spending
- Where to find public storage auctions in your city
- Shopping reviews: Strawberry Village, Marin County, CA
- Financially savvy Hanukkah expenditures
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- Banking Basics
- Is banking by cell phone safe?
- Is free banking in the UK really free?
- Should we switch from paper to electronic bank (and other) statements?
- Smart Spending
- Are savings from coupons worth the trouble of collecting them?
- Is it better to do your holiday shopping in stores or online?
- Spending & Saving (Other)
- What type of 529 plan is better, prepaid or savings?
