Very often, people think that they are so extended that they don’t have enough money to save. Before you make that statement about your finances, look at the seven suggestions below on ways to find an extra $50 or more in your budget that you can use for saving or investing. Track your miscellaneous spending – Many people don’t realize how much frivolous spending that they do like buying $4 to $5 coffees daily, or purchases from the value menu at fast food restaurants or eve

Well, the ball has dropped, the decorations are packed away for most of us and the holidays have passed on. We are halfway through January and the fruit of holiday spending is coming in the form of credit card bills and added debt. It’s a new year and new you, but what do you do about the old spending from years past? In other words, what’s your plan to balance your finances going into this new financial year? In figuring out your plan, ask yourself some honest questi

As we are 17 days away from another spectacular Christmas holiday, many of us head out to shop til’ we drop for our loved ones. The holidays are supposed to represent happy and joyous times with family and friends. However, after reading this November 30th, 2017 article from Business Wire (New Survey Finds Relationship Tension and Anxiety are Hidden Costs of Debt), It makes us wonder how wonderful this time of year really is? A Harris poll of over 1,000 Americans commissione

As the holiday season begins to crank up in earnest this week, many people may feel tis’ the season to rack up credit card debt. In our research on financial issues, we came across this CNBC article (Here's what happens if you don’t pay off your credit card debt) that details what happens as you fall further into default status. According to the Federal Reserve’s report, the United States has more credit card debt than at any time in our country’s history through the 3rd q

Getting married can be both an exciting and stressful time in your life. Couples are concerned with planning the wedding, the reception, the honeymoon and how all of it is going to be financed. There are many discussions that couples should have prior to walking down the aisle like career plans, children, and deciding where you are going to live as you build your life as a couple. Things that are rarely discussed prior to marriage include combining the financial obligations

In our constant research of trending financial information, we came across this article from the Michigan Chronicle last week: (Michigan #1 for discretionary income in the United States and Detroit ranks as #5 city). The Trove Technology study that the article is based on covers the Metro Detroit region, and by doing so, offers a contrast to some of the census data and other things we have seen previously. If the information in this report (Official Name: The Trove Discre