Best Car-Buying Strategies for Year-End
It’s December and you’ve noticed the car showrooms advertising “the greatest deals ever – buy now!” Who doesn’t want a new car? But does the end…
4 Tips for Stress-Free Christmas Spending
You think saving is tough enough during the year and since you don’t have the time or energy to save money during the Christmas season, you’ll deal…
Finding Financial Advisors If You’re Not Rich
It isn’t easy for a beginner to find a great pro for anything, especially when buying financial advice. When you’re “small potatoes,” relying on well-meaning peers…
Is layaway a new plan to save?
Remember when…buyers paid cash or wrote a check? There were no debit cards to swipe or phone apps to scan. Credit cards? Consumers without a steady…
3 Tips on How to Find a Stock to Buy
Want to buy stock in a company, but don’t know where to start? How do you sort through a sea of choices to uncover a stock…
How to Protect Yourself from Data Hacks
Equifax’s big data breach is scary. It’s not the last hack we’ll see either. They keep getting more massive, frequent and sophisticated. It can take you…
Understand Your 401k Plan & Fees
Your employer may have recently informed you about changes to the company retirement plan. Don’t remember? Not paying attention to those notices can cost you. …
How to Get Started on Investing Path
Learning to save and invest is not much different than learning to throw a baseball, play piano or be polite. Teaching the skills to help your children…
No-Ring Calls on Voicemail? Telemarketers!
Telemarketers now have a direct line to your voicemail. Called ringless technology, this “voice spam” can be even more annoying than ringing robo callers. So you’re…
Finances Overwhelming? Use A Checklist.
You’ve heard your friends mention things like: starting a 401K, consolidating student loans, adding to a Roth IRA, setting up an HSA…and you don’t have a clue? It’s…
The Money Godmother 