Mcky Stocker / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Living on the Cheap. In addition to protecting your home, many simple maintenance tasks are also good for your wallet. Taking care of seemingly insignificant problems like drippy faucets can save you big money over the long run. The following cost-saving home repairs are … Read more
fizkes / Shutterstock.com It’s not news to anyone: Life in the United States can be expensive. But if you’re willing to forgo the fancier coastal cities, you can find a place to live that’s easier on your budget. Niche.com, a neighborhood data platform, publishes an annual list of the most affordable U.S. cities. It’s based … Read more
Interest rates have been rising rapidly in recent months, and you may be pleasantly surprised to see how much. If you’re currently holding your money in a bank that’s paying 0.0-something percent on your balance, you need to seriously investigate the alternatives. In this guide, we’re going to provide 11 of the best online banks, … Read more
Anxiety, especially around topics like money, is commonplace and can often end in money-driven nightmares. Sometimes it’s about owing a large sum of money, and others; it’s about a massive amount of debt sitting on your shoulders that you can’t expunge. Whatever the reason, money is often at the center of plenty of people’s anxiety … Read more
Most of us hope for a retirement full of joy, but that isn’t always the case. In fact, your post-work years can be quite lonely. However, there is one great way to combat such isolation: volunteering in your community. Older adults who volunteer 100 hours or more per year report lower levels of loneliness, according … Read more
Every Friday I recap “news you can use” from the week: a handful of quotes from major (and often expensive) news sources, so you can stay up to date on the news that affects your money without spending a dime and in less than a minute. Here’s an overview of what happened this week. What … Read more
Looking for a way to generate extra cash? Consider selling some of your old clothes. More than half of consumers — 52% — shopped for secondhand apparel last year, according to the 2023 Resale Report from ThredUp, an online secondhand clothing store. Of all apparel sold in the past 12 months, one in three items … Read more
Going to bed at the same time consistently helps many people sleep better. Now, evidence suggests it also might protect their heart health. Having irregular sleep patterns — such as falling asleep at different times or having variations of more than two hours in sleep duration — is associated with an increased likelihood of developing … Read more
PintoArt / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on FlexJobs.com. More people are working past the “traditional” retirement age. At the same time, many Gen Zers are entering the workforce for the first time. That means there are as many as five generations working side by side. There’s no denying that each generation has … Read more
fizkes / Shutterstock.com Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Live and Invest Overseas. What do the world’s only superpower, the United States, and a tiny African backwater, Eritrea, have in common? America and Eritrea are the only two countries in the world to tax citizens on their worldwide income, no matter where they live. … Read more