Raise your hand if you love shopping. Hey, as a natural spender, I’m right there with you. But there’s a huge difference between enjoying shopping and having a shopping addiction. The first one is fine—as long as you’re staying in the budget with your spending each month. A shopping addiction,…
What happened to all of our friendships? You know, real, in-person relationships with people we trust and love. Remember before the years of kids’ activities, multiple work deadlines, and political or conspiratorial separations? The years when we would stay up, show up, or hang out? Having good friends and being…
Let’s face it: Filing taxes is confusing. It’s intimidating. It’s slightly less painful than stepping on a Lego brick. And it’s one of the lame parts of being an adult. But it has to be done, especially if you want to build wealth (and, you know, be a U.S. citizen…
From pandemic disruptions to stimulus checks and soaring inflation to job changes, Americans faced plenty of highs and lows that impacted their personal finances in 2021. The latest release of The State of Personal Finance from Ramsey Solutions takes a look back at 2021 to see how Americans’ attitudes, opinions…
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Do you know what the most wonderful time of the year is? Nope—not Christmas. We’re talking about open enrollment season. It’s the one time of the year you get to review and compare health insurance plans to find the right one for you.Okay, you got us. No one’s throwing parties…
If you want to send shivers down an economist’s spine, all you have to do is say one strange-sounding word—stagflation. Get expert money advice to reach your money goals faster! We can hear the calculators dropping and balance sheets tearing right now. Stagflation is an economic term that’s used to…
We’ve all probably heard a grandparent or parent reminisce about “the good old days”: Get expert money advice to reach your money goals faster! “I remember when gas was a quarter and hamburgers were 15 cents.” “I made 50 bucks a week at my first job.” Well, we’re a long…
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