admin Your choice of checking account can make or break your finances, whether you’re using it to get your paychecks from your employer through direct deposits, everyday checking, paying off bills, or just a safe place to stash your savings. In 2022, there are countless checking accounts to choose from. Some have a monthly charge, some … Read more
‘Tis the season to shop, but you’re having a tough time deciding what to get everyone on your holiday gift list. Not to worry! From a heavy-duty tool bag to a tortilla blanket and a robotic vacuum cleaner, we’ve rounded up an array of practical and whimsical Amazon products that Santa himself will surely approve … Read more
Payment apps like Zelle make transferring funds easy. Unfortunately, they also make it easy for scammers to get ahold of your money. In 2021 alone, users lost around $440 million on the peer-to-peer payment system. What’s worse, Zelle warns they’re “unable to assist with getting your money back.” You can report fraud to your bank … Read more
Shyamalamuralinath / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on NewRetirement. We have a lot of choices about where to invest our money, both before and after retirement. Some options are clearly bad investments. Others seem like a good bet, but they probably aren’t. While we would all like to find a shortcut to massive … Read more
Nor Gal / Shutterstock.com Keeping your home feeling comfortable is expensive. Heating your living space accounts for about 43% of a home’s energy bills, on average, and air conditioning eats up an additional 8%, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Bills can vary greatly, of course, depending on your home, fuel type and the … Read more
SpeedKingz / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on LawnStarter. Shade gardens are among the best-kept secrets of the gardening world. Often seen as a plague on turfgrass and flowering plants, shade can boost your landscape’s curb appeal in more ways than one. We’ll show you how with these 15 shade garden ideas. Rather … Read more
fizkes / Shutterstock.com Not so long ago, Melinda and Bill Gates announced they were getting a divorce after 27 years of marriage — and jaws everywhere dropped. Because of their wealth and their energetic and generous global philanthropy, the couple have had an outsized effect around the world. Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index currently lists his net … Read more
Mangostar / Shutterstock.com The approach of a milestone birthday is a reminder that, as life changes, so do your needs and circumstances. With the Big Five-O, the question is settled: You’re no longer a kid. And that’s a great thing, because maturity is much better than it’s cracked up to be. So, instead of dreading … Read more
DenisProduction.com / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on How to Home. The last few years have been tough on working parents. Policymakers expanded the Child Tax Credit in 2021 to provide additional financial assistance for families with kids, but Congress has let the payments revert to previous levels. Over the past two decades, … Read more
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