Bank of America recently announced they plan to stop charging customers overdraft fees for exceeding their checking account balance with debit cards. They go on to say they will no longer allow charges to go through if the amount exceeds the available funds in customers’ checking accounts. I say, it’s ...

The following guest post was submitted by Evan, the author of StockInvesting101.net, in response to my post earlier this week about dividend investing. On Monday Jason wrote a great overview about dividend investing . Since you now know what dividends are all about, I figured it would be a good opportunity ...

Last week, Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky created quite a stir when holding out his vote for extending unemployment benefits. His contention was that it violated the self-imposed PAYGO (pay-as-you-go) rules that Congress and the President reinstated just a month earlier. Bunning eventually caved and the benefits were extended, but ...

I’ve written before about the various passive income streams available, but up until now I have largely ignored the concept of dividend investing. That was until the recession caused interest rates to drop to levels that don’t even keep pace with inflation. As I searched for higher yields, I was ...

This article is by Adam from Money Relationship. He recently paid off some more of his $150,000+ debt. Well, this post should be very brief as I want it to be more of a discussion. Today, I came across an article that talks about how you can guarantee yourself against the ...

The last three nights I’ve found myself in the grocery store after work. Three trips in as many days is highly uncharacteristic for us, but I forgot something after my first trip, and a menu plan change sent me back last night. Naturally, I was guilty of picking up a ...

Ask someone how much it costs them each month to drive their car and they will likely quote their monthly loan payment. Most of us forget other expenses incurred such as maintenance, fuel and one of the biggest expenses, car insurance. Saving money on car insurance is a relatively quick ...

This was my recent advice to a family member who still has his entire adult life ahead of him. Thankfully, he’s still debt free, which means he has plenty of options. He can choose to spend his income, pile up debts, and eliminate these options, or remain free. It really ...

This guest post comes from Michael, a contributing editor of the Dough Roller, a personal finance and investing blog, and Credit Card Offers IQ, a credit card review site. I’m willing to bet that if you turned on CNBC, CNN or MSNBC right now, within 10 minutes you would hear ...

This article is by Adam from Money Relationship. Subscribe to his site to get updates about his journey out of $150,000 in debt. My wife and I got married last July in what turned out to be an amazing day. She looked beautiful, I looked stunning and we had a great ...