The odds are that you’ve heard of Suzanne Collins’s best-selling young adult dystopia series, The Hunger Games. If you haven’t read the first book or seen the film (which many are predicting to be one of 2012’s top-grossing movies), then beware that spoilers follow. (See also: 21 Personal Finance Lessons From Harry Potter) The Hunger […]

The first thing we did when we decided to get out of debt was reevaluate our budget. We knew that we had to change the way we spent our money before our financial situation could change. The amount of information out there on budgeting is overwhelming. There are lots of trite and obvious articles out […]

Want to learn how to save money on gifts this Christmas and not feel like a Scrooge? According to this year’s National Retail Federation holiday survey, the average American will spend close to $700 this season on gifts, cards, decorations, and the like. This is one time when you want to be below average — […]