"Retail therapy" — shopping to help you feel better — is typically viewed with scorn. But some recent findings suggest that shopping can make you happy...if you do it right.
Borrowing extra for an energy efficient mortgage can lower your utility costs and generate significant savings...as long as you make sure the math adds up.
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Retail Therapy: The Benefits of Shopping
"Retail therapy" — shopping to help you feel better — is typically viewed with scorn. But some recent findings suggest that shopping can make you happy...if you do it right.
The 5 Best Binoculars
Seeing beautiful sights clearly from a distance isn't easy, but it can be. Just use any of these binoculars and you'll always have the best view.
Best Money Tips: How to Make a Decision Between Competing Job Offers
Today we found some awesome articles on making a decision between two job offers, saving on wedding dresses, and how to stop living in limbo.
12 Wacky (and Not-So-Wacky) Investment Strategies That Actually Work
The conventional wisdom on investing is to buy and hold for a long time. But there are other strategies that many investors use to grab an edge.
Energy Efficient Mortgages: Borrowing More to Save
Borrowing extra for an energy efficient mortgage can lower your utility costs and generate significant savings...as long as you make sure the math adds up.
Wise Bread's Best and Worst Financial Decisions in 2010
Some of us took risks. Some of us played it safe. Read about our writers' great (and terrible) 2010 financial decisions, and what they learned from them.
Do You Know These 5 Financial Lessons Most People Learn in Their 40s?
Being forty-something means you've got life all sorted out, right? Confused or certain, these are the money lessons you must learn before 50.
The 5 Most Offensive Halloween Costumes Ever
If you think about the time and effort that went into these truly offensive costumes, it makes your headspin, gruesomely, like in The Exorcist.
Best Money Tips: Make Free Phone Calls Online
Today we found some great articles on how to make free phone calls online, tips to supercharge your body, mind, and soul, and the best times to buy certain items.
Your Flight Was Canceled. Now What?
Canceled flights are a total travel bummer. Avoid an airport temper tantrum by following these steps.
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5 Ways Being Late on Tech Trends Saves You Money
Late adopters get to choose from tested products, pay better prices, and avoid hidden costs in the new and trendy.
Making Progress: The Missing Link Between Management and Employees
Find out what one factor made workers the happiest and how management and employees can unite to create a better workplace.
16 Easy Ways to Save $100 This Month
Pay yourself an extra $100 this month (or any month) by paying attention to your spend and cutting back where it counts.
7 Free Perks You Should Ask for on Your Next Flight
There are plenty of cool things you can get to make your flight more comfy. All you need to do is ask.
Book Review: Debt Free for Life
There's a lot to like about author David Bach's two-step approach to paying down debt.
Cheap Smartphones: Which Ones Are Worth It?
Think getting a smartphone means shelling out hundreds of dollars? Nope. Check out the new crop of inexpensive, well-functioning smartphones.
8 Dumb Little Things Holding You Back From a Healthy Relationship
Relationships are hard. Are you making yours harder with any of these little relationship spoilers?
Why You Need to Know the Difference Between Secured and Unsecured Debts
You have secured debt, and you have unsecured debt. Do you know the difference? It's time to learn.
The Ugly Truth of Workplace Success: Popularity Still Matters
Popularity doesn't just matter in high school. It affects a whole lot of your adult job, too.