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Submitted by Jennifer on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 15:22
Homeowners are being encouraged to refinance their homes especially if they are underwater; but being underwater is not the only issue to watch out for if you want to make your Home Secure.
Making your home secure means the following:
Submitted by Jennifer on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 17:48
The tax deadline is around the corner, but there are still a few steps you can take even at this late date, to reduce your tax liability and make filing taxes easier.
1.) Make contributions to a regular or Roth IRA by April 17th. The upper limit to put in is
$5,000 ($6,000 if you are 50 or older).
2.) Contribute to health savings accounts. You may deduct up to $ 6,150 per family (or
3,050 if single) for a health savings accounts if you had an approved high-
deductible plan linked to the HSA. The contribution maybe made until April 17th.
Submitted by Jennifer on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 12:56
Teenagers in today's world are flooded with ways to spend your money. From IPODs to IPADs and cell phones, to video games and movies. There are entire marketing campaigns aimed at teens and their parents money.
So how do you teach your teens the value of a dollar?
1.) A great start is an allowance and a checking account. By starting a teen off with a checking account, it enables the parent to monitor how the teen spends money and create teachable moments around common issues like overdraft fees.
Submitted by Jennifer on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 12:46
Submitted by Jennifer on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 23:08
The Dow Jones industrials fell 634.76 points Monday. Jennifer Streaks, a financial expert and leader of a financial literacy non-profit, helped us make sense of it.
Submitted by Jennifer on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 14:55
The woes and hardships brought on by the recession was a great wake up call for many. How are you spending your money, are you saving at all, do you have an emergency fund, what about retirement?
It is very important, now more than ever, to pay yourself first. I don’t mean buying an expensive handbag or taking a costly trip, but by saving your money. There are many of us that do not have savings accounts, retirement plans or emergency funds and with job cut backs, foreclosures and retirement seemingly further out of reach; we can no longer afford to live that way.
Submitted by Jennifer on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:24
One year after new credit card regulations were enacted to stop some questionable billing practices and where are we?
Over the limit penalty charges have been dramatically decreased. Previously, card holders could be hit with over the limit charges that effectively kept them over the limit. Now that has been curtailed enough where the monthly payment can be applied to the actual balance owed.
