I’ve been writing personal finance articles for almost 5 years now, and I still don’t claim to know it all or know exactly what financial moves to make in my own life. One great advantage to having an outlet at my disposal like Money Crashers is that I have thousands of readers that can...

It’s Earth Day’s 40th anniversary this year, and it’s become more of a relevant day than ever before. With the growing awareness of protecting our environment and being good stewards of it, Earth day is a time to reflect on what we can do or change in our daily lives to lessen our...

Traveling is one of the harshest activities we engage in against the environment. We take transportation that pollutes the air, we produce a lot of waste, and we’re typically less conscious of conserving resources. I’m not a tree hugger, and I don’t come down on people for not recycling,...

If you’ve been following the financial news today, then you saw articles like this one from Yahoo Finance about the unemployment rate falling to 9.7% , which is a five-month low. That sounds like good news, and it could be, but when you look deeper into the numbers and throw some logic into the...

Last week I revealed to you how my best friend and I started a side business doing internet marketing for small businesses and one reason for our success was that we found clients before we set up the business. Now that we have some clients, we need to look a little more legit, so we started shopping...

Being a newlywed can be an exciting period in two people’s lives. Young or old, those who have decided to take the plunge and get married will likely find their lives radically changed from when they were single. One aspect of life where this change might be most noticeable is in the area of personal...

href=”http://www.moneycrashers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/craigslist.jpg”> I was listening to the Clark Howard radio show today, and a guy was asking Clark if he should buy a car on Craigslist without ever seeing it. He said he was tempted, because the car was “such a good deal”...

There’s just 1 week remaining in the Money Crashers 2010 New Year Giveaway Bash – now with a prize pool of over $9,100 including $3,150 in cold hard cash! Now we’d like to release the final contest action – it’s a fun and quick one. Write a personal finance related haiku...

The Money Crashers 2010 New Year Giveaway is now halfway complete. Hopefully by now you’ve had a chance to participate in the various contest actions to gain entries to win. In case you haven’t seen, the prize pool now has a value of over $8,300 and includes some amazing prizes! With over...

One of the biggest struggles for a frugal shopper is balancing price with quality. The old adage, “You get what you pay for” is definitely true in many instances, but it’s very easy to be tricked into paying more money for something that isn’t worth it. The older I’ve become,...