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Not stupid--hopeless

You can't avoid hearing about them these days--people making stupid financial choices. I heard a while back from a woman with huge debts wanting arguments for convincing her husba

On choosing temporary freedom

On one side there's your typical job. It's clearer than ever that it doesn't offer the security it once did, but it still offers some, and it offers other things--predictable inco

10 Local Charities That Could Use Your Stuff

Start your holiday giving early (and help people and animals in your community) by donating goods to these sometimes overlooked organizations.

5 Work Habits From Country Music

Sure, country music has plenty to say about pickups and dogs, but country also teaches us a lot about work, too.

Ask the Readers $200 Giveaway: Would You Ding Your Credit to Get Out of Debt?

Tell us if you would ding your credit to get out of debt and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $150 or one of two $25 Amazon Gift Cards!

Walgreens Clinics Provide Free Health Care for the (Very) Recently Unemployed

If you’ve found yourself avoiding the doctor because you’re recently laid off and not sure what to do, we’ve got news for you! Walgreens Take Care clinics are opening their doors

10 Stocks Every Recent Grad Should Own

Gift the recent grad in your life one (or more!) of these great stocks, and they'll be on track to enjoy a nice profit.

Should you skip a mortgage payment to get a bank's attention?

The Obama administration announced a foreclosure prevention and mortgage reduction program about two months ago, and as of April less than 1000 loans have been refinanced under th

Best Money Tips: Letting Go of Financial Stress

Today we found some great articles on letting go of financial stress, Black Friday deals from the biggest stores, and avoiding binge-shopping.

10 Tips for Landing an Gig Online

Getting hired online is easier now than it ever was. If times are tight for you, you may find yourself looking for ways to make extra cash. The bad news is that everyone else is do

Best Money Tips: Where to Find the Cheapest Holiday Gifts

Today we found some great articles on where to find the cheapest holiday gifts, how to not freak out over a canceled flight, and gift ideas for people who have everything.

Best Money Tips: The Cost of Things

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup. This week, we look at the cost of stuff, even stuff you don't really think about.

Best Money Tips: Simple Ways To Lower Vet Costs

Today we found some great articles on simple ways to lower vet costs, financial rules every 30-year-old should know, and the worst holiday gifts.

Getting Ahead At Work: Are You A Hammer Or A Swiss Army Knife?

Is it better to be great at one specific thing or just really good at a whole bunch of different things? While one might put you in a class all by yourself, the other can make you

Top Meal Planning Apps and Websites

Quickly crafting delicious and healthy breakfasts, lunches, and dinners is easy when you have these meal-planning tools on your side.

The 5 Best Shampoos for Colored Hair

Keeping your colored hair shiny and rich isn't easy, but it can be. Just use any of these shampoos for color-treated hair and your color will last and last.

Pianos cost too much? Get a synth!

Be aware of your options! Did you know there's a wonderful world — no, UNIVERSE of sound out there which shatters the conventional stereotypes of boring piano lessons? Don't get in

The new normal economy

The economy is way short of full employment, so naturally, consumer spending is down. Sooner or later employment, I think, will return to normal levels. Consumer spending will re

11 Meals That Make Terrific Leftovers

Cook once, eat twice with these 11 delicious twists on leftovers.

Best Money Tips: Ways to Get Ahead at Work

Today we found some great articles on ways to get ahead at work, alternative financial resolutions, and ways to motivate yourself.