It’s tax season, everyone’s favorite time of year that also causes existential evaluation of every financial choice you’ve ever made. Whether you’re feeling a monetary sting or feeling flush, every actor could stand a few money-saving tricks; allow our Backstage Experts to provide.
Nothing beats budgeting.
“It’s a brutal lesson I...
Summer is on the way and you’re tired of always sending the kids to Grandma’s to use her swimming pool. It’s about time you have a pool of your own. The only problem is there’s no money tree growing next to the site of your new pool. You need...
Once you reach the big 5-0, blowing out birthday candles can feel less like a celebration and more like fanning the flames on a pyre of financial obligations. This is the decade when the costs of kids, aging parents, cars and homes converge, and questions about retirement begin looming...
When you have a growing family to feed, the task of the weekly supermarket shop can be challenging when you're trying to stick to a budget.
And shopping for grocery food can hurt your hip pocket and take up a big portion of your day.
Here, editor of Money Magazine Effie...
One-third of people are still paying for financial mistakes made in the past, with almost the same number saying they find the topic of financial management confusing.
Research from Aviva Life Insurance also found that more than half of Irish people (54pc) have had no financial management education.
The research sought...
Money might be the last taboo topic.
In a society that runs on capitalism, we seem to have a harder time talking to our children about personal finance than we do about sex, race or even death. Maybe it’s because so many of us are so bad at financial matters...
From the cost of gym memberships to prepping healthier meals, living well can be expensive. Before you abandon your goals for a healthier lifestyle, consider these tips that show you don't have to overspend to live a better life.
Plan Your Meals
An impromptu visit to the grocery store inevitably ends...
Concerts, parties, upscale restaurants, shopping sprees, road trips and more. It all sounds very lovely and lavish. That is until you have overdrawn your account. Then reality sets in.
College students often struggle with personal finance, in fact, according to CNN.com, millennials have a negative 2 percent savings rate. Well,...
If you want money advice you can trust, your best bet is to hire a fee-only financial planner. The trick is finding a planner who’s willing to be hired for a reasonable fee.
Fee-only planners don’t accept commissions or kickbacks and are paid solely by client fees. Most use an...
THE squeeze on household finances is starting to ease, with inflation falling and wages rising, according to data due out this week from the Office for National Statistics.
On Tuesday the ONS is tipped to say that inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, fell from 3 per cent...
