The silver bells of the holiday season certainly take their toll on your wallet. In a November 2019 Gallup poll, Americans said they expected to spend an average of $942 on holiday gifts. A record-breaking 37% of respondents said they…
Whether you own a new or used car, you’ve probably experienced your share of car problems: unexpected breakdowns, unexplained noises, persistent mechanical defects, or accidents caused by unsafe road conditions or human error. These issues are inconvenient, expensive, and potentially…
Medical expenses push many thousands of ailing or injured Americans and their families into serious debt each year. According to TransUnion, 68% of patients with medical bills totaling $500 or less failed to pay off the balance in full in…
Countless young Americans willingly enroll in four-year degree programs each year, assuming that the financial benefits of these degrees outweigh the downsides of five- or six-figure debt. They’re not always correct. Whether by choice or necessity, many four-year college graduates…
When you’re struggling to get by on a tight budget, one way to stretch your shopping dollars is to buy secondhand. ou can find some fantastic bargains at thrift shops and flea markets, but the best bargain of all is to…
In the 2008 book, “The Big Sort,” journalist Bill Bishop and sociologist Robert Cushing explore the reasons behind the United States’ deepening political, economic, and cultural divisions along racial, class, and geographic lines. Despite vast improvements in communication technology and…
International travel is a major budget-buster, but modest weekend getaways and regional road trips add up quickly too. No matter where you’re planning to go, what you’re planning to do, or how long you’re planning to stay, it pays to…
Sign up for Zipcar and get a FREE $25 driving credit. Zipcar offers city-dwellers a viable alternative to traditional car ownership. Its hundreds of hubs around the globe make it one of the world’s largest carsharing companies, and once you have…
With a presence in 10,000 cities around the world, Uber is the world’s most popular ridesharing app. Like the Lyft app, it lets riders hail drivers electronically and compensate them for their services by credit card. The Uber app offers…
Lyft is a popular ridesharing app – also known as a transportation network company, or TNC – that’s available in hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Like Uber’s similar app, Lyft lets you electronically hail cars driven by independent contractors. In practice,…
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