Closing Accounts without Scarring Your Credit

What Is Credit Utilization and Why Should I Care?

When you look at your credit report, or even your wallet, all you see is a bunch of credit card accounts. Even if you are one of the credit card holders that pay off their credit card balances each month or hardly ever use the credit cards, you are … [Read more...]

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How to Set Your Finances on Auto-Pilot

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  If you feel overwhelmed by the idea of financial planning or have trouble following through when you set a budget for yourself, there’s good news. Technology has made it easier than ever to regulate your finances with minimal involvement … [Read more...]

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10 Ways You Are Wasting Your Money

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Think you’re frugal, huh? No money wasted here? Well, guess again. Even the most ardent savers and tightwads amongst us have at least a vice or two when it comes to wasting money – many of which you probably haven’t even thought about. Getting … [Read more...]

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6 Companies That Would Probably Give You a Rate Reduction – if you ask!

Budget Planner Mistakes to Avoid

  To live a relatively normal middle-American life in this day and age we pay for a lot of expensive services. But who can honestly say they could live without internet? Or their cell phone? We need these things for our daily lives and can’t … [Read more...]

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3 Ways You Could be Affected by the Payroll Tax Bill

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  Recently, Congress passed another extension of what’s come to be known as the Payroll Tax Holiday. It’s a 2 percent reduction in Social Security tax taken out of an employee’s wages. The extension was passed with much less bickering … [Read more...]

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Don’t Save Money. Make More!

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Earlier this year I read a great blog post from Ramit Sethi about how people often focus on the wrong side of the personal finance equation: we’re often told to save money, be more frugal, stop drinking so many lattes, etc. but few people ever try … [Read more...]

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Join Quizzle as a Guest on WiseBread.com’s Weekly TweetChat

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Quizzle is making a guest appearance on Wise Bread’s weekly TweetChat. Please join us Thursday at 12:00 pm Pacific/3:00 pm Eastern for lively conversation and a chance to win prizes! Use the hashtag #WBChat to participate. For an easy way to … [Read more...]

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5 Basics of Personal Finance in a Crazy Economy

How to Manage Your Finances in a Volatile Economy

A couple of days ago, I wrote an article on the S&P credit downgrade and its impacts on your personal finances. Literally hours later, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), who sets the fed funds rate and is a major influencer on overall … [Read more...]

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How to Save Money: Small Cutbacks that Add Up

Money Saving Ideas

You often hear stats about how if you give up that morning cup of coffee at Starbucks, you’ll be saving x dollars per year. That’s great, but some of us just aren’t ready to give up that shot of energy in the morning. That’s okay! There are … [Read more...]

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How to Make Finance Fun

Make Your Finances into a Game

I know a lot of people dread looking at their finances, but honestly, I’ve never understood why.  Dare I say it, I actually enjoy analyzing my finances. In fact, it’s something I often do when I’m feeling bored. Trust me, I’m no math guru, … [Read more...]

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5 Common Excuses for Not Budgeting Your Money

No More Excuses! 5 Budget Myths Debunked

Budgeting can seem like math minus the fun – and we all know how fun math is. What’s exciting about adding up all your expenses and seeing that you spend way too much each month and need to cut back? Or maybe you put everything on your check card … [Read more...]

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