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Five Must-Know Personal Finance Basics

By Mike Peterson / August 26, 2014

You probably have distinct memories of learning to drive a car. Maybe you learned from your parents or an older […]

By Mike Peterson / August 14, 2014

For most people, the exercise and nutrition habits that work best for them in their 20s can change during middle

By Mike Peterson / July 22, 2014

It’s stressful enough when fire, theft, or severe weather takes away a family’s belongings. But that scenario gets considerably worse

By Mike Peterson / July 15, 2014

Cash VS Credit: The Pros and Cons It’s hard to talk about personal finance without talking about credit cards –

By Mike Peterson / June 23, 2014

This may sound like something your father would tell you, but there’s truth in the saying, financial security doesn’t happen

Money: It’s not the easiest or most pleasant topic of discussion — but if you’re in a serious, committed relationship,

By Mike Peterson / March 12, 2014

Living paycheck to paycheck is the opposite of secure. You never know when an unexpected expense will tap into the

By Mike Peterson / February 28, 2014

It’s never a pleasant moment: That realization that your checking account is overdrawn and your account is getting hit with

By Mike Peterson / September 27, 2013

Okay, be honest: How often do you really look at your bills? I mean really look at them, as in,

By Mike Peterson / September 23, 2013

If you’re like me, you remember the days when you had to swing by an ATM machine or call your

By Mike Peterson / July 29, 2013

In a previous post, I wrote about ATM skimming, an increasingly popular technique that some tech-savvy thieves are using to

When you think “peer pressure,” you probably think of kids: High school students pushing each other to make dumb decisions,