5 Ways to Make Your Own Money Homeworking
Many of us have become more accustomed to homeworking over the last six months through necessity. This shift has led many of us to question the old ways of working, the nine till five,...
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New Year, Better Finances: How to Spend Smart
Most of us would like to have some extra cash in hand – especially post-Christmas, when it’s often difficult to rein our spending back to sensible levels. It’s a classic New Years resolution, but...
Discount Your Diploma With These 7 Money-Saving Tips
It’s a big decision to go back to school as an adult. Whether you’re pursuing your first degree or your sixth, you’ve put a lot of time and consideration into the choice, and you’re...
What the New Overtime Policy Means for Your Wallet
President Obama recently announced new rules to expand overtime pay for many middle-class workers. In his May 16 announcement, the President said: “We’re strengthening our overtime pay rules to make sure millions of Americans’...
5 Tips for Buying a Home When You’ve Got Big Student Loan Debt
After months of dilly-dallying, you’ve finally decided to buy your own house. You’re already making a decent living, and it’s high time to move out of the proverbial nest. There’s one problem: Like 71...
Workplace Injury? What to Do If You’re Hurt at Work
If you work in a high-risk profession, you’re probably already aware that on-the-job injuries are a constant concern. In 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics cited 916,440 on-the-job, lost-time injuries across the United States....
The Lowdown on Employer-Paid Student Loans
If you’re a recent – or perhaps not-so-recent – college grad, you don’t need to turn on the news to understand the student loan debt crisis. Odds are pretty good that the $1.2 trillion...
5 Tricks to Buying a House for Cheap
Buying a house can be a scary prospect. Taking on a huge monthly payment for decades at a time – why would anyone want to do that? Because it’s part of the American dream...
Cities With the Easiest Commutes
Commutes are serious business. Long commutes can be much worse than your actual job, and if it’s too extreme, it might not be worth the aggravation. Especially now, when we’re getting so used to...
Money Traps to Avoid Over the Holidays
The holidays are almost upon us, and with them comes good food, good cheer and more than a little overspending as we rush about trying to find the perfect gifts for everyone on our...