If you’ve been to a grocery store lately, you know that meat, dairy products, cereal, coffee and soda have all seen double-digit price increases in the past 12 to 18 months. Even worse, there are more hikes predicted. This year’s wild weather and roller-coaster oil prices are partly to blame. And unless things stabilize, shoppers […]

Losing a job is bad enough, so minimize the damage to your credit By Jodi Helmer In the midst of polishing your resume, scouring job boards and meeting with recruiters, it’s easy to stop paying attention to your credit score. But taking steps to protect your credit during a period of unemployment will make it […]

One of the most important financial lessons that you can learn is that debt is prison. Indeed, when you are paying interest on your debt, that money is going straight into someone else’s bank account — and you receive nothing in return. Plus, paying that interest makes it harder to pay down the principal and […]