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Open a Joint 'Romance' Account
Maybe thinking about a bank account doesn’t evoke the same kind of flutter you get when you look into the eyes of your darling. But here’s an idea that can rev up your chemistry and your bottom line as a couple: Open a romance account—a... ➡
Yes, It's OK to Charge Your Kid Rent
So your kid is armed with a shiny new college degree. Next step: moving back home? “Boomerang kids” are a growing (and not necessarily bad) trend. Returning home has lost its stigma in the recession: 78% of boomerang kids are happy with their... ➡
How Hormones Can Sabotage Your Spending
You may be “lucky” enough to notice some hormone-related changes to your attitude once every 28 days or so. But did you know that the same hormones that regulate your cycle also act on your brain every day, affecting the way you think, act—and... ➡
How ImpulseSave Can Help You Get a Grip
Impulse shoppers of the world, have we got an idea for you! ImpulseSave is an app that lets you channel your urge to spend into a more constructive (but still gratifying) impulse: saving. Turns out that impulse saving taps into the same part of... ➡
Little Luxuries Lift You Up
Five years ago, the economy, my marriage—and my income—all collapsed at once. Then in my late 30s, with two small children, I could barely afford my mortgage, and I was actually ill from financial stress. My mother insisted: Get a treat now. I... ➡
Saying ‘Yes’ Pays Off
When I moved to Philadelphia a year ago, I was broke—25 years of living in New York, the past five of it as the breadwinner for my family, can do that. Don’t focus on making new friends, I told myself: "Make money" Yet my first move was the... ➡
Why I’m Front-loading School Costs
For families with even a drop of cash liquidity, the question almost invariably comes up: public school or private? For my three-child family—for whom “liquidity” is ephemeral at best—the answer should be “public.” But I’m not doing it. I feel so... ➡
Save for Our Future—or the Kids'?
Should Your Retirement Trump Your Kids’ College Fund?My oldest daughter is 10. She just started middle school (and reading young adult novels, and asking if she can wear dangly earrings).The future seems a lot closer than it used to be. Which... ➡
