ATMS Mean Profits for Banks
ATMs are certainly convenient ways to get cash, and many of us make a habit of doing just that. But if you can’t find one sanctioned…
Dirty Dollars in Your Wallet?
Believe it or not, there’s likely traces of cocaine in your wallet. It’s on your dollar bills. Researchers led by Yuegang Zuo, a professor at University…
Retirement Reality?
More than 25% of Americans spend more time watching reality tv than they spend planning their own retirements, according to Business Week.
Opportunity Knocks
Americans take more time each year planning their vacation or weddings than they take to plan their financial goals. How much better could your financial life…
Investors Still Stash $ for Retirement
Even the stock market’s wild gyrations in 2008 didn’t deter investors from funding retirement accounts. According to a report on trends from Principal Financial Group Inc.,…
Let’s Close That Gap
Did you know that an American female makes only 78 cents for every dollar a male makes?
The Diploma-Loan Duo?
According to a national post-secondary student aid study, about two-thirds of grads leaving college with a diploma also depart with college loans.
Net Worth for Americans Up
For the first time in the last two years, Americans’ net worth rose. The main reason household income is up? The second quarter rise in home…
Credit Cards on Campus
College students carry an average 4.6 credit cards, with a mean balance of $3,173, according to a 2009 survey by Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading provider…
About those credit card bills..
A survey by the Federal Reserve shows that approximately 54% of consumers pay off their credit card bills every month.
The Money Godmother 