50 Ways to Improve Your Finances in 2012

A guide to mastering your money in the new year
A new year offers a fresh start. Whether you're ready to ramp up your earning power, start saving more money, or manage what you have more effectively, this 50-step guide is designed to help you improve every aspect of your financial life, from overall security to specific saving and spending strategies.  More....Yahoo finance

How Food Choices Affect Your Retirement

Not that many people consider how their evening meal impacts their retirement, but perhaps they should. Our daily consumption dramatically affects our finances, and changing our food choices can alter our chances of a solid retirement. Here are several ways your food selection matters for your golden years.
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You spend more while you are hungry. Expensive restaurant food isn't the only way you are induced to spend. Some businesses will fill their stores with scents like vanilla and cinnamon in an attempt to get more sales. When you are hungry, you instinctively eat more and exert less self control. Stay away from the mall when you are hungry. Eating a snack at home before shopping could allow you to put a little more cash in a retirement account.
Overeating costs more. We all know that eating out generally costs more than eating at home. We also tend to eat more when we eat out, which actually makes us feel hungry more easily. This is because the more we eat, the more our body gets used to more food and thus signals us that we need more.  More....Yahoo Finance

Personal Finance Lessons from the World Wealth Report

By: Benjamin Gran Capgemini and Merrill Lynch recently released the latest version of their annual World Wealth Report (as Read More »

Is It Okay To Buy and Sell Coupons Online?

The number of people using coupons has reached an all time high. And now a growing number of people are buying and selling coupons online. It may sound strange, “paying to save”, but buyers say it’s worth spending a little bit of money for coupons, to save even more in the check out line. But there are now calls for big changes in what’s become an “extreme coupon craze”. 
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