Search

Black Friday or Cyber Monday: When should you shop? 11/14/2016 08:00am • With Thanksgiving approaching, you may be starting to plan out your shopping game plan. Last year, 151 million Americans shopped over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and spent $11 billion on online sales alone. But should you hit the stores on Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Here are the pros and con How Seniors Can Use Life Insurance 11/13/2016 07:00pm • Anyone with dependents needs life insurance, we're told. Policies on parents can provide food, shelter and education until children can provide for themselves. Husbands and wives can get policies to make a survivor's later years more secure and comfortable. But what about people in their 50s, 60s o 7 Huge Black Friday Sales Starting on Thanksgiving 11/13/2016 07:00pm • Before you've even started on your second serving of stuffing, many retailers will have flung open their doors for Thanksgiving sales. By the time you've moved on to the pecan pie, floods of shoppers will have reached the back aisles, their carts wobbling under the weight of towering TVs and piles Don't Make These Credit Card Rewards Mistakes While Holiday Shopping 11/13/2016 07:00pm • If you're not using a rewards credit card for your holiday shopping, you're probably leaving money on the table. It's as simple as that. Whether you want to use rewards cards to help keep costs down or to rack up points or miles during the holiday season, it's important that you factor these cards i 8 Types of Apps That Are Useful to Seniors 11/09/2016 07:00pm • When you think of app users, your teenage kids or their 20-something millennial counterparts may come to mind because they're always tied to their cellphones. But apps designed with the always-connected young in mind are increasingly finding favor with senior citizens, who are discovering valuable 8 Best Veterans Day Sales of 2016 11/08/2016 07:00pm • Without the hype and hysteria surrounding Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Veterans Day is often overlooked as a shopping holiday. But while Veterans Day weekend may pass without stampedes of shoppers and brawls over TV sets, the holiday does see its share of excellent sales. During Veterans Day weeke 7 Best Places to Find Frugal and Unique Gifts 11/08/2016 07:00pm • If the idea of shopping for gifts on a tight budget is already stressing you out, consider some nontraditional shopping destinations. If you're thoughtful, you can find great gifts, at great price points, almost anywhere. So while most major retailers are filling their shelves with popular and price The first-timer's guide to throwing frugal dinner parties 11/08/2016 11:15am • If you've decided to stay in and have friends over for dinner, start your planning right with a budget that accounts for food, beverages and decor to entertain your crowd in style. The cost of food and drinks will likely be your biggest expense, so be a smart shopper and plan ahead. One way to tr 6 Stocks to Benefit From Holiday Shopping 11/07/2016 07:00pm • Get ready. Black Friday is just around the corner. While Americans haven't even sat down to eat their Thanksgiving turkey yet, holiday decorations are already cropping up in stores and on city streets and retailers are busily preparing for an onslaught of holiday shoppers. Consumers are expected to 10 Things Job Seekers Are Tired of Hearing From Family and Friends 11/06/2016 07:00pm • If you have an out-of-work friend or family member, you probably want to be helpful and supportive. But sometimes people's initial instincts for what to say to help can be ... well, the opposite of helpful. Here are 10 things that most job seekers are really tired of hearing from family and friends Why Is It So Hard to Stick to a Budget? 11/06/2016 07:00pm • It's a scenario some people may find themselves in far too often. They pull out their debit or credit card to pay for something without knowing whether they can actually afford it. Or maybe they know they have already spent their budgeted amount in a certain category -- dining out, for example -- b 4 Things to Know About Buying Target Corporation Stock (TGT) 11/06/2016 07:00pm • The holiday season makes or breaks the year for most retailers. For Target Corp. (ticker: TGT) this holiday season could determine whether its multi-year turnaround effort has started to show momentum. And it's pulling all the stops to entice shoppers, increasing the number of exclusive toys, which 10 bizarre economic indicators that (might) predict the future 11/03/2016 11:59am • WASHINGTON — Every quarter, the markets wait with bated breath to find out what the latest economic indicators. Everything from the job report to consumer spending to GDP growth tell us about where things are headed. But did you know that there is also a bevvy of, shall we say, “unusual” Doing grocery delivery or pickup? 5 tips for a better shopping experience 11/03/2016 09:00am • You may still shop in the supermarket, but many of your fellow consumers are opting out. Instead, they're picking up their food and drinks at the grocery without ever leaving the car -- or not bothering to leave their home and having everything delivered. While that may have once sounded fanciful How a Holiday Budget Can Keep Your Spending on Track 11/02/2016 08:00pm • Halloween has barely passed, but shoppers are readying themselves and their budgets for some major holiday spending. Between Thanksgiving and buying gifts for friends and family, your wallet may be feeling pretty thin. But just because it's the holidays doesn't mean that you can stray from your mont