Personal Finance

Grocery shopping is an activity almost everyone has to do at some point in their life. If you want to eat anything at home without ordering takeout for every meal, you’ll probably buy it at a grocery store. Groceries cost money and food is often one of the biggest line items in the average American…

Welcome to our series on crushing your credit card debt. In this third of five articles, we look at how to supercharge your get out of debt program with the Debt Snowball. We’ll cut right to the chase: using the debt snowball method can save you thousands of dollars in interest payments. On top of that,…

Managing your money can take hours out of your week. Between paying bills and saving for retirement, it can be stressful, and it’s easy to drop the ball. You can save yourself time and stress these days by setting up most of your monthly tasks on autopilot. While it may take a little time to…

Have you ever tallied up what it costs to own a car? I don’t mean on a year-to-year basis, but the total cost of owning a car over a lifetime? According to the American Automobile Association (AAA) it costs $8,876 per year to own and operate an average car. Now if you add that up…

When I first began really taking my personal finances seriously, I can remember setting a random dollar amount in my head as my monthly savings target. I also committed to myself that I would raise my savings amount by $50 per month each calendar year. There’s nothing terribly wrong with this savings plan. It did…

Experian Boost™ is for consumers with little credit or a lower score who still do a good job of paying their monthly bills on-time. It provides an opportunity for bills that don’t normally get reported to credit bureaus to™ contribute positive payment history to your credit profile to boost your score. UltraFICO is a brand…