Financial success comes from avoiding mistakes. Take a red-hot cow iron and brand the below three common mistakes into your leather pocket book:

1. No Plan.

Putting one’s money any old place, like in a cookie jar or a low-yield savings…

The first thing to do is decide how you will divide your budget. The easiest way is to use something like the 60% rule. This means that 60% of your income goes to monthly expenses such as rent, utilities, phone…

If so, consider these five “tried-and-true” techniques for controlling your urge to splurge:

1. Make out a shopping list beforehand. Stick to the stuff on the list. Wear blinders in the store if you have to.

2. Leave the credit cards at…

Last month I was subjected to an extensive fraud on one of my credit cards. It was the first time it had happened to me. But this is becoming all too common. Believe it or not, but according to recent…

In modern society, you can hardly find a person who ignores money. Like it or not, we all have certain feelings toward it - some people worship money, some fear to lose it, and some can waste their hard-earned money…

There is no denying that we are going through a very serious economic turmoil, the likes of which we have never seen in our lifetime.  The world and our society are experiencing significant changes that will certainly reshape many industries…

One of the things I truly despise is the ever increasing bank fees we are subject to if we use our bank account. Since we absolutely need a bank account to function, I think it’s only logical for us to…

MoneyTrackin’ is an online application that allows you to track your income and your expenses and shows you a clear picture of your financial situation. I came across it a few weeks ago, and I have found it to be very…

We can’t live with them, we can’t live without them! There is no doubt that credit card debt is a major problem with the economy. However, it is a useful tool that I feel most people simply do not understand…

Many years ago, I got myself highly in debt. Being young and not really understanding credit, while personally funding various business ventures, it all came crashing down on me at the sum of $25,000. That is when I decided that…