Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Nine tips to avoid overspending. One source of unhappiness for people is feeling out of control of their ...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Americans are hunkering down and saving more. For a recession-battered economy, it couldn't be happening at a worse time. Economis...
usnews.com | Kimberly Palmer | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living
If you're of a certain age and life stage, then you might be asking yourself: Should I have a baby? Before getting carried away with visions of Baby B...
Lea Lane | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living
I'm trying to find ways to cut back with a bit of cheer in this volatile financial situation. So here are some money-saving suggestions while my 401k fluctuates from bad to worse to omigod.
Jill Keto | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business
Alan Schram | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business
Spending is the problem that caused this crisis in the first place. We cannot fix the problem using more of its root cause.
Jill Keto | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business
Penny Herscher | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business
Our debt culture has come home to roost now, but contrary to the obvious, starting to save now could be the wrong thing for the country.
Jill Keto | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business
"Charticle" featuring highlights from this week in the Economy. . . hoarding gold, hot recession jobs, and the U.S. Treasuries bubble. ...
Alan Schram | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business
Bear markets are difficult experiences, but they provide unique prospects. I believe we will look at the present U.S. stock market valuations as perhaps the best investment opportunity of a generation.
Scott Malcomson | Posted 02.11.2009 | Business
The deeper problem is not consumers' dependence on credit but the American economy's dependence on consumer over-confidence.
Rene Syler | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style
We're back to living the way I grew up, clipping coupons, flea market decorating, getting up early to catch discount after discount, eating out less and talking to my children more.
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home
Humans are ingenious inventors, which may be what got us into this mess in the first place. Now we must invent alternative products that we can enjoy as much as what they replace.
Alan Schram | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business
What should be intuitively clear is that spending is no way to repair our woes. Indeed, spending irresponsibly is exactly what got us in the current lugubrious position.
Jill Keto | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business
Check back weekly for my Recession Trend Tracker. If Us Weekly and The Economist had a love child, it would look like this.
Reuters | Posted 01.31.2009 | Business
Recession-wary Americans embraced the virtues of thrift this Christmas, with stores reporting a clear rise in the popularity of piggy banks. "We have...
Alan Schram | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business
It is not the "government" that hands out these bailout packages and money for projects. We must recognize that government has no money that isn't ours.
Jill Keto | Posted 01.28.2009 | Style
Mort Gerberg | Posted 01.25.2009 | Style
Alan Schram | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business
By the time a recession ends, the market has already rebounded to much higher levels off the bottom. The most pessimistic periods economically has been the best time to buy stocks.
Manisha Thakor | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business
For the first time in over 50 years, it is clear that "debt" has finally come to be seen for what it is, a four letter word that should be used with extreme caution.
Alan Schram | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business
According to data by Davis Advisors Funds examining the S&P 500 returns in the 15 years span between 1993 and 2007, the patient investor who remained ...
A. Siegel | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green
We will be in a far better situation when people celebrate through taking a deep breath of fresh air rather than adding those tons of C02 with 24/7 light pollution.
Manisha Thakor | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business
As a nation, we have lost our financial way. Founded in the principles of thrift, frugality, and hard work, our beloved country has morphed into a giant financial couch potato.
Elizabeth Cox | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living
With many facing the worst economic crisis in a generation, there is no better time to open up communications with your loved one than now.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 03.08.2009 | Living