Is your odometer costing you money?
As bizarre as that question may seem, a recent lawsuit settlement has revealed that all odometers are not created equal. Some may cause you to lose your factory or extended warranty sooner than necessary.
The lawsuit involves a lawyer from Arkansas. In 2004, he noticed that the miles seemed to be clicking by faster than normal on his Honda Odyssey Read more...
As consumers continue to be rattled by a seemingly bottomless pit of bad financial news, they're looking for ways to ensure their entire bank deposits are covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
It's not difficult to exceed the $100,000 limit on individual accounts, or the $250,000 limit on certain retirement accounts. In fact, the FDIC says that less than 62 percent of the $6.88 Read more...
As the economy weakens and prices soar on everything from gas to groceries, Americans are looking for quick ways to cut their expenses and hold on to more cash.
Fortunately there are plenty of ways to chop your spending without a lot of time or hassle. Some of these cuts will save you just a few dollars, while others can net even bigger savings.
Add them all up, and you could trim Read more...
If you own shares in a publicly held company:
a) It must pay you a dividend in the form of cash.
b) It must pay you a dividend in the form of stock.
c) It must pay you a dividend in the form of either stock or cash.
d) It may pay you a dividend.
e) It won’t pay you a dividend.
See answer on next page.
Answer: D. Whether a company pays dividends is up to its board of Read more...
Can you tell me how best to mix up my stock portfolio? How much should be in stock, bonds, CDs, mutual funds?
You are definitely on the right path. You don't want to have your future goals depend on one investment, no matter how secure that investment ... Read More...
Spring has sprung, an old children's poem goes, which means many people are knee-deep in spring cleaning -- scrubbing floors, clearing out the garage and tossing all the clutter that's gathered over the winter months.
It's also an ideal time to consider sprucing up your financial life.
It's not just about tossing out old paperwork; it's about doing the regular maintenance to ensure that Read more...
Your wallet is stuffed with crumpled currency and raggedy receipts while loose change clutters the floor of your car. That doesn't have anything to do with your ability to build a sound financial future though, right?
Wrong. The way you handle your day-to-day cash speaks volumes about your money personality, according to personal finance experts.
"Our outer financial life is really Read more...
I used to think small amounts of money didn't matter. What difference could $5 or $10 here and there make when we were more than $100,000 in debt, not counting the house and cars? So what if I increased our debt by such a small amount? It wouldn't really matter because we already owed so much. I used the same argument for not paying anything more than the minimum monthly payments, because that, Read more...
