So where are those high-yield savings accounts?

The Wall Street Journal has a story this morning that says some savings accounts are now paying over 2% in interest … but it doesn’t mention a single one! It mentions only two “high-yield” accounts, one at Citigroup paying 1.5% and one at Schwab paying 1.7%. The story doesn’t mention whether they have minimum balances [...]

Finding your saving pain-points

A couple days ago, I wrote about the “Latte Factor,” this idea that you can save money just by cutting out $5 in expenses a day, by, for example, skipping your morning latte. This strategy may work for a handful of people, but I think most people need to find their own strategy for boosting [...]

The Latte Factor: will it help you save?

I just read MoneyNing’s post on “the Latte Factor,” and I thought it would be a good time to revisit this topic. The term is copyrighted by David Bach, and refers to the idea that if you cut out small expenses—i.e., the daily latte—you’ll be able to save a lot of money over time. You [...]

Help my parents cut $100 a month in expenses

My mom contributes regularly to the blog, through her comments. Recently, she and I discussed her efforts to cut $100 a month in expenses. Both of my parents are self-employed, my mom as a therapist and my dad as a carpenter/builder, so they are essentially small business owners, and they are trying to cut business [...]

How I got comfortable sharing money with my husband

Note: This post originally ran on Make Love Not Debt.
In honor of the nuptials of Him & Her, the writers of Make Love Not Debt, I thought I would harken back to, lo, those many months ago (October, 2007) when Jon and I tied the knot.
After our wedding and honeymoon, we immediately hunkered down and [...]