Happy And Healthy

Study says risk of death can be lowered by 25 percent. Call it a game-changer. Or maybe a wakeup call. Those already taking blood pressure medicine, and Baby Boomers who have been lax about checking their blood pressure, need to listen up. New findings from the National Institutes of Health have already reverberated around the […]

Imagine, if you will, that you are shopping at the store with your friends and you see a big ticket HDTV that you really want. You are short on cash because you have not gotten paid yet, but they offer 12 month financing at zero interest. Sounds tempting, doesn’t it? You can pay this off

Learn from their mistakes. Biggest regret? A general lack of funds. Grandma and Grandpa have some stern advice for the younger generation: learn from their mistakes. Now that they’ve reached retirement, they’re finding that a lack of funds is their biggest dissatisfaction, and they strongly urge younger Americans to open a 401(k) or IRA as

Head west already – where the top gourmand-loving festivities are about to kick off. Thanks to the weather gods, the temperatures are still warm out west, making California the perfect spot for the yummiest food and wine tasting events this fall. Sunny skies, yummy local wines, celebrity chefs – there were an embarrassment of riches

Nobody wants to have heaping amounts of high interest debt hounding their monthly budget every week. But the truth is that many of us do. If you own your own home and you have a good amount of equity, you may be able to reduce your monthly expenditures by taking out a HELOC Loan to

A reverse mortgage is a powerful tool that can let you harvest the equity that you’ve accrued in your home right now, and leverage that into cash that you can use to enjoy a more fulsome retirement. But there is plenty of misinformation about these loans. We’ll aim to clear some of these up in

The spontaneous feel of the original Facebook is disappearing. Dislike. When I first heard about the recently announced prospect of Facebook rolling out a “dislike” button, the same nauseating feeling I had in 2013 when Facebook decided to allow users to edit their posts came over me. The negative and unintended consequences of either of

Once you are a few years into your car payment, assuming it’s a newer car and has established equity, you may start receiving offers in the mail to refinance it. They may be tempting, promising you lower payments and a lower interest. But does refinancing your car make sense as a viable decision for your

Rising popularity despite a relatively miniscule war chest – here’s his game plan. It was only a matter of time, and that time is here. Bernie Sanders (who has long busted Republicans for their hypocrisy) is now tied with Hillary Clinton in Iowa, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll that has Sanders leading by one point.

In today’s world, with costs rising and your paycheck not drastically increasing each few months, it can be tough to save money. Pinching your pennies may go so far, but there are some simple changes that you can make in the meanwhile that can help you save even more. We’ll deliver some simple, helpful financial