Category Archives: Saving & Spending

$5.50 can probably buy you a hamburger and french fries or a large gourmet coffee drink. Maybe $5.50 can even cover one movie rental. What if I told you that $5.50 could buy you a new car, a down payment on a home or a college education? What if you could turn $5.50 a day into $32,000 in ten years (assuming a 10% interest rate)? If you saved $5.50 every day, in one year you would have ove......

Tip #14 in our series of 70 ways to save money when buying a house is use a weasel clause to protect yourself. Even if your lender does not require a pest (termite) inspection and the seller says he has never had a problem with insects you should get one done for yourself anyway. If the house has a pest problem, and you do not discover it, it could cost you thousands in repairs and months of......

The current economic down tendency face by the world economies was due to different reasons. One of the most important reasons of this financial collapse was energy crises. When energy emergency and lack of energy was renowned by the different countries; they started taking events to solve this matter. One method out of these subjects was mandatory protection; instead of as long as advantage......

$$$$, everybody loves it, and spends it. Britain, the USA and many other countries are in the grip of one of the worst recessions for many years. Some predict that things will become even worse before the economies of each country pick up and start to grow again. What can we all do to lessen the financial impact of these times on our families and ourselves? If you have noticed that your mont......

There are hundreds of money saving tips I could offer, and many of them might be useful in your particular situation. But there is a strategy for spending less which will make you far more secure than any number of tips on how to buy things for less can. That is what this article is about. Suppose Tim and his family spend money every week to eat out, and they go to the movies regularly as we......

When trying to save money, there are many viable options. However instead of saving money directly from a paycheck (which can be difficult), try cutting back on day to day expenses. After time these will add up and you will be saving quite a bit. Take a look below at the areas which most people spend way too much on: automobiles, travelling, and groceries Cost reduction With Automobiles When......

Using cash saving tips everyday will be saving you handfuls of change or even a few dollars at a time. Put all these savings into a pail and your total will be shockingly large by the end of the year. Let’s take a closer look at a few specific ways you can save money. Do you stop for coffee in the morning? Depending on your coffee order and whether or not it may include a bagel or yogu......

Although more people are saving money, pressure on Britons’ finances could still be set to increase, according to a new study. In findings published in Birmingham Midshires’ regular Saving Britain report, two-thirds of consumers (67 per cent) have some money set aside, in comparison to the 62 per cent recorded at the same time last year. However, as general living costs have incr......

If Americans were polled about their personal concerns, at the top of the list would be finances. Finances are important in our lives, from the national budget to the family budget, and when our finances are unbalanced, it can lead to serious trouble. Not only are bad finances linked to a significant number of failed marriages, but our personal financial history becomes public record when we......

One way to climb out of debt, or better yet avoid it altogether, is to learn how to stop wasting money. Americans are the most frivolous spenders on the planet. We also have the highest levels of personal debt. Of course impulse buys that end up in the attic can hurt the budget. But, it is our big-ticket purchases and routine spending that do the most to contribute to our debt over time ......