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Have you been budgeting, saving and cutting expenses for weeks without seeing much financial progress progress? Even if you’re doing all the right things, you’re missing one key ingredient. Because time is the secret to financial success. There’s no shortcut to prosperity. tweet this!Budgeting, discipline, diligence, savings, giving and investing are all important parts of […]

Should you stop giving at church while you’re trying pay your debt off? You know that God has a plan for your life, and that He promises it will be pretty great. But did you know that His plan says a lot about your money, and how you should be managing it?

Managing your money is easier now than it ever has been. Read More » Ignoring your little financial indiscretions now will make your life much more expensive later. Read More » Expensive insurance could cause economic pain. Read More » Celebrating can leave you broke. Read More » Using more than one savings account helps […]

Montel Williams” smiling face masks a pack of lending wolves who will only make bad money problems worse. Pawn brokers lend money to the poor and sell their stuff for a profit. But is that really such a bad thing? Some unscrupulous lenders make money by giving loans that trap poor people in their poverty. […]

This Old Testament character chose stinginess over generosity, and it cost him much more than he expected. A stingy heart loves to hold onto what it has… but God blesses us so that we can give with open hands.

It only makes money problems worse. Read More » Debt costs our children more than it helps us. Read More » The allure of borrowed money is only an expensive illusion. Read More » Borrowing money to get ahead is like building a tower that’s destined to collapse. Read More » Debt increases the risk […]

You can’t make debt a good idea just by being careful with it. Read More » Borrowing money in the present is a great way to mess up your future. Read More » Debt can make Christmas less than merry, so plan now to buy gifts with cash. Read More » There’s one kind of […]

You consider yourself something of a financial whiz: You’ve figured out that the average annual rate of return in a mutual fund is higher than the annual interest rate on a mortgage. So, what do you do? Do you borrow money in order to invest it, thinking that you’ve outsmarted the financial system? If you’re […]

I want to tell you the tale of two home owners. Harrison and Madison had identical incomes and identical life expenses. They both bought homes of the same value at the same time, when they were 30 years old. And yet Madison ended up much, much wealthier than Harrison. At first blush, this seems unlikely […]

It’s just a pizza, but how you handle it can represent the success or failure of your family’s financial future. Picture this scenario: It’s been a long day at work, you’re exhausted, your spouse is stressed, your kids are hungry and there’s no supper on the table. Your budget says that there’s no extra money […]

The recent news about the city of Detroit going bankrupt has made me think a lot about the downfalls of defined-benefit pensions lately. And it’s leading me to the conclusion that these pension plans are bad for everybody, and they need to just disappear. If you’re not familiar with the issue, the city of Detroit […]

Via Flickr, by user Kevin Dooley. Used under Creative Commons license. Have you seen the latest Big Shiny Thing?  It’s awesome, it’s amazing, and you just have to have it. True, you only have about 20% of the cash you need to buy it… but that’s not a problem. You can finance the Big Shiny […]

The best way to invest your money is to combine it in a fund with thousands of other investors… and let the pros take it from there. One of the best ways to grow your wealth is to buy very small pieces of very large companies, and then share in their successes. If we’re going […]

If you want to win with money, make sure that time is on your side. Having proper insurance allows you to pass wealth on to the next generation. Having a thorough and well-planned budget can make the difference between business success and business failure. Spending too much money on unnecessary items is just as dangerous […]