It’s been a rough month financially for everyone. We’ve watched the stock markets plunge and our retirement or college plans shrivel up like autumn leaves.
1I was wondering if you recommend including major, future purchases into your monthly budget. If so, how far in advance should you do this?
0My boyfriend has a lot of debt. The other day a creditor called, and he wouldn’t answer the phone. Then, he told me it would be easier for him to pay off his debts if we were married because I could act as his accountability partner.
0I’m a pastor. I make $24,000 a year, and my wife and I live rent-free in the church parsonage. We’ve also got two kids, about $19,000 in credit card debt and we owe $13,000 on a van loan.
0I had a motorcycle wreck seven months ago, lost my job as a result, and I’ve been drawing unemployment for the last five months.
0Here’s a short quiz to help determine your financial health. Take the quiz, but don’t stop there. Read on for five things you can do NOW to improve your financial health.
0Why learn about money? Because nearly 80 percent of all divorced couples between the ages of 20 and 30 list financial difficulties as the primary cause of their separation.
1If you're like most Americans, you probably don't keep track of every single one of your assets on a regular basis.
0Each quarter, foreclosure data publishers report on the state of the industry either by citing current statistics or attempting to forecast where the industry is headed.
0City traders who made millions of dollars in profit by cashing in on the falling share prices of leading banks are "bank robbers," the Archbishop of York has said. "We find ourselves in a market system which seems to have taken its rules of trade from Alice in Wonderland."
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