To put it mildly, the cost of health insurance in crippling for many people, if not outright prohibitive. Worse, though, is the actual cost of health care: a surgery here, a prescription there, and suddenly you’re in more debt than if you had been out playing the ponies.
Sure, you can save money in a rainy [...]

Whenever I go to the mall, I see signs for sales: 50 percent off! Today only! Free gift! All those sales are meant to get us worked up into a buying frenzy — after all, the products are cheaper than usual, making this the best time to buy. But a lot of those sales don’t [...]

Money talks. It’s the most powerful way to express an opinion about consumer goods — don’t buy it if you don’t like it — or political candidates — don’t contribute to their campaigns if you don’t like them. A lot of people seem to have been taking that idea to a further end with socially [...]

During the past few months, things have gone from bad to worse. The S&P 500 is down about 12% for the year. Job losses are on an upward trend. There are tons of foreclosures across the nation. Far too many people are realizing they are in an upside down situation where they owe more on [...]

I’m a big believer in education as a relatively fast way to advance in your career. I’m not just talking about earning a higher degree like a masters or a doctorate, either. Those aren’t available for in every career field, and even if they are for your work, they can be prohibitively expensive in both [...]