Spending Habits

What I Learned About Money In My Twenties

The Billfold | Posted 05.14.2012

I'm 30. By virtue of that fact, I should be qualified enough to tell you about how to get your finances in order during your twenties. Luckily for you...

Breaking the Consumer Addiction

Jamie Anne Richardson | Posted 05.27.2012

Jamie Anne Richardson

The problem is that the ease with which we buy online is now rubbing off on our kids. The era of instant gratification blurs the line between wants and needs.

When The Super-Rich Spend, So Does Everyone Else

Posted 03.20.2012

Move over baseball. Keeping up with the Joneses is apparently the real national pastime. When the rich boost their spending by 10 percent, non-ric...

The Moment I Knew My Spending Was Out Of Control (SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO)

Posted 03.07.2012

At HuffPost, we're kicking off an exciting new project and we'd love you to participate! It's called "The Moment I Knew," and is a user-submitted vide...

Your Friends Are Making You Poor

2012-02-27-lvest.jpg | Carrie Sloan | Posted 03.06.2012

This article originally appeared on LearnVest.com “You should so buy that dress. It looks like it was made for you!” “Nice purse. How much...

Finally, Someone Talks About Another Hidden Cost At Work

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 01.10.2012

Jessica Pearce Rotondi

We're all painfully aware of how much we spend on our commute and the health costs of working long hours at the office. But is there another hidden cost at work that no one is talking about?

Alexander Eichler

Obama's Tax Hikes Expected To Have Little Impact On The Wealthy

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.20.2011

Tax the rich, a frequently cited conservative argument goes, and the rich will retreat. They'll stop hiring; they'll stop investing; they'll stop spen...

The 'Surgical Shopper': Consumers Spending More Deliberately Since Economic Crisis

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and RACHEL BECK | Posted 05.25.2011

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Think of the Mall of America as the Colosseum of American consumerism: It has more than 500 shops, 50 eateries and its own ...

How Nature Vs. Nurture Impact Your Spending Habits

Richard Barrington | Posted 11.17.2011

Richard Barrington

A recent study looked at the financial portfolio of twins to gain a better understanding of the affects of nature vs. nurture on spending habits. The results.

Even in a Recession, Many Americans Overspend

Richard Barrington | Posted 11.17.2011

Richard Barrington

How do we bridge this gap? Financial responsibility should not be thought of as a once-a-year theoretical budgeting exercise. It has to be lived day in and day out.

Losing at the Credit Score Game

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Don McNay

It is not easy to get people to take a hard look at themselves. Addiction to credit is like addiction to anything else: people usually won't get help until they bottom out.

Top Green Consumer Trends for 2009: Which Predictions Came True?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 05.25.2011

Robyn Griggs Lawrence

At the end of last year, our friends at The Fresh Ideas Group went out on a limb with some public predictions about how Americans would act in 2009. As the year winds down, let's see how they did.

A Fat Guy's Prediction: We Need Leadership or We Will Fall Off the Economic Wagon

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Don McNay

Unless someone is capable of changing the American psyche, people are going to go back to their old spending habits.

Do You Suffer From A Money Disorder?

New York Times | Sarah Kershaw | Posted 11.17.2011

THE country music star Wynonna Judd had essentially "won the lottery" at age 17, she said. But after amassing a fortune from her career, she squandere...