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More Firms Slash, End 401(k) Matches

The trend means one important thing for workers: smaller nest eggs, unless they save enough to make up for the missing company contributions and matc[...] read more »
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100 Terrific Web Design Cheat Sheets that Will Save you Time, Money and Mistakes

Most web designers know that cheat sheets are incredibly useful. You can use them for quick reference, easy learning, and more. In this list, we’ve c[...] read more »
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50 Free Open Courseware Classes for Investors and Day Traders

If you’re interested in day trading and investing, you may need to rely on Web sites, books and lessons provided by experts in the field. You’ll find[...] read more »
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More women needing cash go from jobless to topless

As a bartender and trainer at a national restaurant chain, Rebecca Brown earned a couple thousand dollars in a really good week. Now, as a dancer at [...] read more »
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Are You Emotionally Invested In Your Credit Card?

People can become attached to their credit cards - it's an unhealthy relationship. read more »
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Guide to Social Lending Networks

Certificate of deposit rates are abysmal, high yield savings account interest rates are worse, and the stock market is insanely volatile… which is wh[...] read more »
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Lending Money to Family and Friends

Lending money to family and friends is a bit like a walking a tightrope, and it’s very easy for things to go wrong. With the ongoing recession affect[...] read more »
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Top 25 ETF Tweeples Worth a Follow on Twitter

An ETF, holds assets such as stocks or bonds and trades at approximately the same price as the net asset value of its underlying assets over the cour[...] read more »
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Oversaving Does Not Lead to Happiness

I love frugality. Frugality helped me to dig out of debt, begin to build wealth, and find more meaning in the things I already own. But at some point[...] read more »
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Best Piece of Money Advice: Twenty Tips from Twitter

Twenty pieces of financial advice courtesy of a motley crew of Twitter-ers. Lots of short, sweet, and to-the-point tips. read more »
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5 DIY Luxuries for the Recession

"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity." That quotation is commonly attributed to Coco Ch[...] read more »
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$168 Billion Could be Saved by Federal Energy Efficiency Resource Standard : TreeHugger

TreeHugger consistently says that the least expensive way to green your energy usage is through energy efficiency. Energy that you don't need to use[...] read more »
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3 Banks Fail: TeamBank, Colorado National Bank and FirstCity Bank

Review of 3 recent bank failures, assets involved, and the damage to the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund. read more »
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How to spend $700 billion in 6 months

After Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner promised to spend up to $100 billion on a toxic asset purchase plan Monday, only $10.2 billion remain unallocat[...] read more »
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Money burning a hole in your pocket? Think about it differently.

A few ideas anyone can use, to help you think about saving differently and make it easier to do. This is what I personally do and it makes saving vi[...] read more »
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