We’re in that slow season—the lull before the storm, otherwise known as the holidays! Now is the perfect time to create food gifts from your kitchen—items that you can make now that will hold up perfectly until it’s time to give them as gifts in December...
Periodically, mutual funds make payments to shareholders representing their share of the interest, dividend, and capital gain income earned by the fund. If you're not careful in accounting for these distributions, you could pay more federal and state income taxes than necessary when the fund shares are eventually sold...
There are plenty people who (at least for seasons of their lives) absolutely should not own credit cards...
Stuck with lots of debt and little savings? It's easy to find excuses that let you off the hook to change your situation, but it's only a temporary reprieve.