Financial Talk

What do passport photographs, workouts and e-books have in common? You can easily get all three at no cost, according to Kiplinger.com, which recently released its fourth annual list of 33 quality freebies. We’ve highlighted 10 of the free ideas below from Kiplinger.com’s full list and please share your favorite freebies, if we missed them, in the [...]

Inflation. It’s bad right? When prices rise your money is worth less and nobody wants to see their hard earned cash decline in value. But what is inflation anyway and what are its root causes? Turns out the situation is not as straightforward as it first appears. In this first of a two-part series we [...]

Few things are more inspiring than the day you decide to get your finances in order. You start planning and plotting on how you will save more money and spend more wisely. You begin to set short and long-term goals and take visible steps toward reaching them. Before long, you’ve squeezed all the advice you [...]

Here are 30 financial ideas that all 20-somethings should consider. The list is random and has something for everyone. 1. Build a strong emergency fund. Keep a buffer in a savings account because you never know when a rainy day will hit you out of nowhere. 2. Pay off bad debt. You can debate good [...]

Your college diploma is a little piece of paper with a big impact on your financial future. Unfortunately, so is your student loan promissory note. Now that you’ve graduated, it’s time to pay the piper for the loans that have been putting you through school all this time – and playing dumb or pleading ignorant [...]

There’s hardly a more prominent financial product in America today than the almighty credit card. Nearly everybody has at least one — almost 80% of consumers in 2008, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – and many use it on a daily basis. Without a doubt, there are also those consumers who know their credit card [...]