4 Ways to Get a Head Start on Your Financial Fitness

Everyone wants to be financially fit, but are you willing to work for it? Financial success isn’t always defined by how much money you make, but what you do with your money once it hits your bank account. Fortunately, there are ways to get a head start on your future financial success. Here are four [...]

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Memorial Day Saving for Our Troops

As we prepare to celebrate Memorial Day by cooking outside and shopping inside, Americans will pause to reflect upon those who made and continue to make the ultimate sacrifice for our great country.  Although it is but a small gesture, we’ll use this blog today to provide some money saving tips to help our troops. [...]

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4 Ways to Safeguard Your Important Documents

Our hearts go out to anyone who falls victim of a natural disaster.  We hope that you and your families are safe.  Natural disasters may occur without any warning.  So how can you prepare?  Michael Rubin shares some important tips to help safeguard documents before one strikes. Several times in the last few years, living [...]

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5 Money Saving Tips for College Grads

If you thought going to college brought you immeasurable freedom, just wait until graduation. The truth is, graduating college brings more life changes than entering college – especially when it comes to your financial landscape. Instead of being careless with your money for the next ten years, get a head start by taking charge of [...]

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The Rise of Tiny Jobs

In today’s networked world, the Web is changing the meaning of work for many individuals. Rather than working one full-time job, people are increasingly earning their incomes from many small jobs for different clients spread across the globe. In addition to diversifying financial risk, tiny jobs enable workers to monetize skills that might not have [...]

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Payroll Tax Changes Affect the Way Americans Spend and Save

On January 1, 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act put more money back in taxpayers’ pockets with the permanent passage of many tax breaks.  The payroll tax holiday, a temporary tax break to help stimulate the economy, however was not extended on January 1, 2013.  Our infographic looks at how the expiration of the payroll [...]

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5 Ways to Get Your Kids to Be Super Savers

Becoming parents has changed our lives for the better, financially and otherwise. With all the joys that come with watching our little one grow, the responsibilities are also coming up fast. Even though she’s tiny now, we’re imagining how she’ll grow in the years to come. For example, one of the goals we have is for our [...]

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6 Taxes You May Not Know You’re Paying

Tax season is over and you may not think about taxes until it’s time to file next season, but did you know there are myriad of other taxes that are not just on your tax return? Most of us don’t think about that, but those taxes may tap into our wallets nonetheless. Here are just [...]

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