from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
If saving money is one of your New Year’s resolutions, take a hard look at your food bills. But resolving to spend less on food doesn’t mean resigning yourself to a 2011 full of ramen-noodle lunches, or one without a single dinner out. Small changes like the 11 tips [...]
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Tax strategies to consider in the waning days of 2010.
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
So one of the things on your wishlist for 2011 is a little budgle of joy. It’s a life-changing decision, to be sure. And not least important in starting a family is the inevitable impact on your finances. So the moment the thought of having a baby enters your [...]
from CNN Money Retirement
I’ve read a lot about the benefits of rebalancing your portfolio annually, but I’ve never seen the answer to these questions: How do I decide which stocks to sell? And when should I “wait it out,” assuming that a good stock will rise back to its pre-crash price, as opposed to pulling [...]
from CNN Money Top Tips
Gift cards continue to top the list of most requested presents this holiday season. But what if you don’t like the one you get?
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
A MarketWatch report on Dec. 28 gave an incorrect figure for the maximum allowable IRA contribution for over-50 retirement savers. Beyond age 50, savers can contribute an additional $1,000 for a total of $6,000.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
The new Tax Relief Act that lawmakers passed in December includes a break on Social Security payroll taxes that essentially means a 2% raise for many workers.
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
A MarketWatch Personal Finance Daily e-newsletter on Dec. 28 incorrectly said that most federal government workers do not pay into Social Security, when in fact federal employees hired on or after January 1984 pay into the Social Security system, and some workers hired before that date also participate in the system. [...]
from Slate – Moneybox
Harrisburg is Pennsylvania’s ninth largest city, a sleepy and rusting industrial hub on the Susquehanna River notable mainly for its status as the state capital. Nevertheless, in 2010 it got an outsized share of attention from investors around the globe who feared—and some still fear—that the city would be the canary in [...]
from CNN Money Personal Finance
Inflation is weighing on the minds of many Americans experiencing a rise in prices from the grocery store to the gas pump. Here’s where to park your money if you predict high inflation ahead.