When you buy a new car, the finance manager might try to sell you a pre-paid maintenance plan. On the spur of the moment, this might sound like a…

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Mass layoffs like those at Bank of America are traumatic. Some 25 million Americans are unemployed or involuntarily underemployed, struggling to…

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You have been traumatized by a financial disaster from which you are convinced you cannot recover or come back, nor believe that you can find a job…

Question: I have a credit card with an outstanding balance of $1,646. I try to make monthly payments around $100, but I often forget and do it a…

We know healthcare is increasingly expensive. Still, I always find the numbers stunning. For instance, from 1999 through 2009 U.S. spending on…

Dismal. Glum. Miserable. Terrible. These are among the words journalists have used to describe the finding of statisticians at the Bureau of Labor…

One of the most important issues in personal finance is whether U.S. Treasuries are still risk-free securities….