Archive for the ‘Saving’ Category

When is the right age to open a bank account for your kids?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

No Credit Needed is taking his oldest daughter (ten years old) to open her first savings account.  He and his family have been free of consumer debt for over three and a half years now and this is a milestone in how he's educating his children in wise money management.  ...

Here’s your ace in the hole for weathering this long recession

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Five Cent Nickel published a post that discussed what things to consider when you have both debt to pay and money in the bank.  The main problem is that the difference in what the bank pays in interest is far below what one would pay on a typical credit card ...

Click-through rebate sites: The more the merrier!

Monday, July 27th, 2009

I hit upon a post by My Dollar Plan that had a couple more click-through rebate sites I hadn't heard of.  This is great, because I can add them to the mix of six shopping rebate sites I already know about.  These sites compete with one another - they all ...

Oh no, not that! The savings rate is increasing

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Once again, no good deed goes unpunished. Seems like people are testing their personal financial waters, are finding that the temperature is a little uncomfortable, and are saving more and spending less, of all things. Well, some folks are saying, "Enough of that!"  Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services ...