Breaking news: high octane gas is a waste of money. Want to instantly lower the price you pay for gasoline? Us too. Here's how. Why is this so huge? Because most of us know our cars we're expensive and none of us want to see a huge deposit plus payments or - God forbid - an entire purchase price wasted because we didn't want [...]
Aging parents: there could be help for paying those bills. It's our turn to care for them - our aging parents - and while many of us are fine with the responsibility, some of us short on the funds. Here's your financial break: many of our parents will qualify for help for paying cell phone bills, energy bills, medical bills and prescription drugs. Telephone and [...]
Did the perfect work-from-home opportunity suddenly appear as you were hoping to earn more cash for the holidays? Be careful, many of these jobs are scams. There's a variety of ways we can be tricked into thinking that time in between laundry loads can actually be lucrative, but they all have one thing in common: cash up front for [...]
Ever wonder what an architect earns? Ever wish you knew how much money other people earned? Oh come on; we know you're not petty and only focused on your own family. But you can still peek. In today's installment of "Other People's Money" we bring you the average American salaries for architect jobs. Architecture [...]
It's time to buy a car! Says who? Economists, that's who! We don't take their advice when it comes to colors or styles (clearly) but Car prices this month are low but they're not THAT low. Here's how to read and question ads. when it comes to prices, economists know a thing or two. [...]
Cryptocurrencies are easy to use but could be a snap to lose. Cryptocurrencies are a way to buy things online — or in person, using a mobile app — with sellers who agree to accept them. Cryptocurrencies can be a fast and inexpensive way to pay for goods and services. But they aren’t backed [...]
Prominent financial advisor Darren Graff hosted a group of New York’s most prestigious personalities for a Laurent Tourondel and Darren Graff discussion about overspending and kids. Led by The Home Economist, nationally syndicated columnist and author of the new book, NOT BUYING IT: STOP OVERSPENDING AND START RAISING HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, MORE SUCCESSFUL KIDS, guests [...]
A host of Little Bites treats are being recalled because many were baked with small plastic pieces that could choke child snackers. A manufacturing failure at the plant caused the plastic to be mixed in to Little Bites Fudge Brownies and Little Bites Chocolate Chip Muffins. If you bought the following muffins in the past two weeks, [...]
After most major floods, damaged cars are cleaned up and taken out of state for sale, says the Federal Trade Commission. That means even if you live far from the damage, these once-water logged vehicles could wind up Half of flood damaged cars will be for sale in an out-of-state market. in your market. [...]
Here's over 100,000 reasons you shouldn't feel pressure to buy a bounce house for your kid's party. At the risk of deflating anyone's party plans - and by "anyone" I refer to our tiny friends under age 7 -- it's worth wondering whether our bounce house rental money wouldn't be better spent on, well, absolutely anything other than a bounce house [...]
