The Prudential has dubbed those who refuse to leave home askippers or kids in parents pockets eroding retirementsavings. Recent research concludes 6.8m over-18s live withtheir parents. Less than half...Full Article
Are your financial muscles well toned and healthy or flabby and weak? Do you want to change your relationship with money so you can have control over your financial future or do you want to continue t...Full Article
Creating a budget can be a very difficult task. Although we as consumers know that we need to pay our bills, buy our necessities, and put money away for savings, we dont really know how to start.I kn...Full Article
Gas prices have soared to unimaginable heights of late. Since most of us are not likely to turn to bikes or horse-drawn buggies we will have to learn to get the most from our gas dollars. Try a few of...Full Article
Next to our physical health most of us are primarily concerned with our financial health, and with good reason. Although our intentions are usually great our follow-through and discipline generally is...Full Article
Shopping for groceries is an inevitable fact of our ever busy lives. We may imagine that we are saving time by dashing in, roaming the aisles and throwing whatever looks good into the cart. Most often...Full Article
Women are charged more for dry cleaning services. Dont fume, find a better way. While it is true that the practice is unfair it is also true that we have options for keeping our clothes clean and hold...Full Article
How many drawers did you have to look through to find a bank statement the last time you needed one? Chances are you did not lay your hands on it as readily as you would have liked. If that is a famil...Full Article
It is estimated that we, as consumers, waste an average of 30% of our paychecks on items we dont need or pay way too much for the items we buy. Since 1990, spending is up 30% and debt is up an astoun...Full Article
If you are the normal consumer, then youve probably experienced the Grocery Shopping Blues. Most supermarkets use this trick to their advantage to squeeze more money out of their customers and turn a...Full Article
Recently, many of these loyalty rewards programs have come to the realization that they must change how they put these programs together if they are going to increase their share of the market.One way...Full Article
1. Dont focus on your finances.The reason most people get into debt is because they dont spend enough time focusing on their finances. You need to get a grasp of where youre at financially, keep track...Full Article
Recent findings from the Educational Policy Institute indicated that the UK is the third most expensive place in the world to go to university. Combine this with figures from the Prudential, showing ...Full Article
People havent always written checks to buy goods and services. But you know that right? So how did people transfer money from one place to another in times of old?In ancient times the most popular for...Full Article
If youve been to a shopping mall lately, youve probablydiscovered two different banks within a few feet of eachother. Go inside the food store in that shopping plazaand youll see yet another one, jus...Full Article
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be able to have complete control over your finances?If you are like most normal people, you have a job. You go to your job every day. Every week or two ...Full Article
Super-mumsIt seems that the proof of maternal efforts is no longer found in the pudding ? its in the spending. Women are increasingly outsourcing personal grooming tasks and the pressure of looking g...Full Article
Investing is a subject a lot of people dont want to think about. And there is good reason for that. Investing seems scary. It either sounds like something only the rich do or something that only a ski...Full Article
Your food budget is the most flexible area of your household budget. Grocery savings will free up a significant amount of money if you need to balance the budget, or fund your savings accounts.If you...Full Article
Im still amazed every time someone comes to me complaining that they dont have any money to put into their business and that theyre broke.I mean what have you been doing with your money man?!?Plain Tr...Full Article
