Articles from June, 2010

How To Set and Track Financial Goals With Mint

from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
 
Most people track their financial activity somehow, be it via a program on their personal computer, an old-fashioned paper checkbook ledger, or perhaps even here on Mint.com. How many of those people, though, set savings goals and track their progress against those goals? I’d wager not that many–setting goals [...]

Lasting Recipes for Your Independence Day Celebration

from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
 
The Fourth of July is an on-the-go holiday and that requires festive food that can keep up.
 

Score Life’s Goals with Mint

from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
 
With the fever pitch of the World Cup in full swing, perhaps we can interest you in a different type of goal. Mint.com has always been good at looking back: tracking your spending and saving and chiding you for not sticking to your budget. Now, with the new Goals [...]

Six ways for small-business owners to save money

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
In these tough economic times, owners of businesses small and large are coming up with unexpected ways to save money.
 

Slow growth lies ahead, says Pimco’s Gross

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Global market returns will be lackluster as bond indices now yield less than 3% and stocks have low single digit prospects, said fund manager Bill Gross in a note released Wednesday. Gross, manager of Pimco Total Return Fund , the world’s largest mutual fund, said he blames lack [...]

New deadline for home-buyer credit nears approval

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
Home buyers may soon win more time to get to the closing table to qualify for a federal home-buyer tax credit of up to $8,000.
 

Spending smart when the euro is cheap

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
Travel on the continent is less expensive than it has been in several years, thanks to the euro’s recent 15% plunge against the dollar.
 

High rates, more fees — credit card traps here to stay

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
More rules clamping down on abusive credit card practices are on their way.
 

Credit Insurance

from Dave Ramsey News
 
We took out a loan (before FPU) and purchased insurance to make sure the loan got paid in the event my husband lost his job. We thought we were being …
 

Footwork: Me; Results: God

from Dave Ramsey News
 
I entered FPU in January with no emergency fund and $2000 in credit card debt. It’s now 6 months later and we have $1100 set aside and zero credit car…