Credit and Debt
A New Year For Personal Finance Resolutions
One of the most beneficial New Year's resolutions you can make this January is to get your finances in order. Some 75% of people said they plan to make at least one personal-finance resolution this year, according to a survey from online broker TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.
The Great Credit Card Challenge
At the end of last month I laid out a challenge for myself: I would not use my credit card for the month of May. At that time I had $586 in my checking account and was feeling very confident in my abilities to live even cheaper than I do now. "I'm interning at a company that is dedicated to better money management, and I'm a college student," I thought. "Cheap is my profession." Ha!
