40 ways to earn extra cash in 2022
Coming up with extra money to pay the bills, manage crises, boost savings, accelerate your retirement savings or perhaps even finance a dream vacation isn’t as hard as it seems. Even before the Great [...]
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4 steps to kickstart a financial plan in 2022
The start of a new year marks a strategic time to review a financial plan and develop goals to work toward over the next 12 months and beyond. This “fresh start” mentality allows individuals to [...]
8 ways to insulate yourself from inflation
The first half of the year is behind us, with the market performance strong across the board. But what about the rest of the year? With inflation on the minds of many investors, how do [...]
Seven personal finance lessons from Star Wars
As Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens has now been released we have revisited the six previous Star Wars films (tough work, we know) and their characters’ adventures in a galaxy far, far away. [...]
7 big financial risks that paid off
For the risk-averse, raiding your savings account or taking out a big loan to start a business or make a career change might seem like a fool’s game. A bird in hand, you know. [...]
Credit unions use games to encourage saving
Financial institutions are using prizes as incentives to get customers to beef up their savings. by. Kaitlin Pitsker In today’s low-interest-rate environment, watching a pittance trickle into your savings account isn’t much encouragement [...]
Low-cost loans for members of the military
by. Kimberly Lankford Where can members of the military get emergency loans other than through payday lenders? Wasn’t the law supposed to stop payday lending to members of the military? Several sources of low-interest ([...]
Credit Unions Have Deposit Insurance, Too
Accounts are covered up to the same limits as deposits at banks. By Kimberly Lankford I have money in CDs at my credit union and would like to add some more -- the rates there [...]
10 Best Ways to Earn More Interest on Your Savings
By Lisa Gerstner If you need a safe place to park your money now, you have a lot of options — as long as you don't expect much in the way of yield, now or in [...]