Personal Finance Advice
Advice, information, and tips on basic personal finance topics and issues.
Budgeting
"Budget" is not a four letter word; it's the only way to take control of your finances and gain financial freedom, and you need one whether you make thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Here's how to go about it.
All About Budgets
Get into the Budget Zone with this collection of links to articles that will help you get motivated, set up a budget, and stay motivated to stick with it.
Balancing Your Checkbook
Balancing your checkbook monthly is one of the most basic money management tasks, yet many people don't do it. If you're one of them, here's the reason it's important, plus step-by-step instructions.
Calculating Your Net Worth
A Net Worth Statement is a snapshot of your current financial situation, and will give you important clues about where you should concentrate your financial planning efforts. Here's how to calculate your net worth.
Emergency Funds
Why you need an emergency fund, how much money you need in it, where to keep it, and the secret to saving money.
"Everything Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s"
Read about this personal finance book for people in their 20s and 30s, written by About.com's Financial Planning Guide.
The Secret to Saving Money
Think you don't have enough extra money to have a savings plan? Nearly everyone can manage to save regularly in order to meet their financial goals by following these simple "secrets."
Get Started in Investing
Do you hear others talking about their investments and wonder how they got started? How'd they come up with the money? How'd they know what to invest in? Many people don't know where to start, so they never start at all. Don't be one of them.
Tweak Your Income Tax Withholding
Avoid interest and penalties caused by under-withholding, and don't lend your hard-earned money to Uncle Sam.
The Net Worth Statement: Your Financial Snapshot
A Net Worth Statement is a snapshot of your current financial situation, and will give you important clues about where you should concentrate your financial planning efforts.