Investing your money is a great way to save for retirement, college and other big ticket expenses. Unfortunately, sometimes our desire to see a great return on our money leads us to fraudulent investments. Scammers know that we all want the “too good to be true” investment to actually be true, and they work hard to convince us that it is true. Follow these tips to avoid investment scams.
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Tax Records to Keep and How Long to Keep Them
March 8, 2010April is fast-approaching and with it, tax time. While tax preparation seems to get a little bit easier each year with the prevalence of online tax prep software, there’s still one question that leaves many Americans scratching their heads: What records should I hang onto for tax purposes and how long should I keep them? [...]
Best of Home, Money & Credit – Week of Nov. 8
November 13, 2009Happy Friday! Your Weekly Quizzler is here, chock-full of the week’s best stories about your credit, home and money links straight from the Quizzle Twitter feed: Home & Money Saving Tips Digitize Your Coupon Clipping (Suburban Dollar) With the influx of coupon websites, you can now enjoy the savings of coupons without getting newspaper ink [...]
Make Your Savings Automatic
February 26, 2008Tip #2: Put your money on auto-pilot and set up automatic deposits into savings, retirement plans and investments. If the money isn’t there in the first place, you’ll be less tempted to take that cash you had slated for savings and spend it. Your employer or bank can help you set up several automatic deposit [...]
