Personal Finance

Savings statistics in the U.S. are terrible...because, [while] saving money is simple, prioritizing is hard. It’s very easy to...cut back on lattes to save money, but those little things...are not going to make a big dent in your budget. To truly save money you have to focus on the big picture issues, including things like transportation and...how new the car is that you own. Let me explain why that is the case.]

You’ve probably heard it a million times from financial “experts” – the key to financial success is saving. The idea is that if we save more now then we’ll have more to spend later and, while that’s true at the individual level, it’s actually disastrous advice in the aggregate. Here's why.

Couples can be a galvanized force to either greater wealth or rapidly deteriorating their combined net worth. Below are the top 6 unfavorable money behaviors exhibited by couples. Be open to the signs and fix them - or walk!

Should the Millennial cohort pay off their student loan before investing in the stock market as a means of saving for retirement or do a little bit of both? This article discusses the different options and comes to an interesting conclusion.

There is a consensus in the investment markets today believing that student debt is a major credit problem rivaling other credit problems that were disastrous over the last 30 years... This article seeks to explain the lies, damned lies and the statistics surrounding the student debt myth in the United States.

From corrupt politicians and drug cartels to tax cheats and alimony deadbeats, everybody’s laundering money these days. Let’s say you have a little spare cash and you would prefer to keep it out of the grubby hands of various tax authorities, or you don’t want your spouse to know about it, or your kids. Fear not. With a little financial detergent, your dirty money can be rendered more or less untraceable. Here's how.

The difference between only having a bank account in your home country and having an additional bank account in another country is major. Here are the top 10 reasons why.

The Fed has just released a 200 page study on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2013 that reveals that 52% of the respondents to the survey said they did not have a mere $400 in savings for an unexpected emergency. That suggests to me that over half the county is on a paycheck-to-paycheck struggle. Below are my key findings from the survey presented in a concise easy to understand format.

Over the past three months, the year-over-year growth in credit card debt has exceeded wage growth in the United States. This is the first time we've seen this trend since the Great Recession.

Contrary to the image we may have of billionaires, many are on a mission to give away their money. This infographic looks at the American billionaires who have signed up to the Giving Pledge, as well as other millionaires and billionaires who have been making relatively large contributions in the past few years.