5 Radical Real People Who Escaped Poverty

Do you habitually ignore certain numbers that regularly pop up on your phone? You know, like the one from the mortgage company calling because you are 15 days late with a payment. Maybe you own your own business but now find yourself dipping into your retirement savings, cashing out a life insurance policy, and maxing out those emergency credit cards you applied for last year just in case. If you’re getting dangerously close to the poverty line, you might want to take a lesson from 5 Radical Real People Who Escaped Poverty.

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Hello Mint Readers

I’m Lee Sherman, Editor of Mint’s blog. As the newest face of Mint, I wanted to take a minute to say hi.

Just as Mint’s software streamlines the management of your personal finances, our content delivers a fresh perspective that gives you the actionable advice you need to make the right choices about how to spend and save your money.

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Meet Mint’s New Editor

I’m delighted to introduce Mint’s new Editor, Lee Sherman. Lee started last week and will be leading the Mint blog, among other roles here. Please join me in welcoming him! You can look forward to new and improved content as a result of his leadership.

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Ten Financial Mistakes That Will Put You In The Poor House

You can avoid making bad financial mistakes (that could land you in the poor house) by learning what not to do. Here are ten of the biggest financial mistakes people make that you can avoid.

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Get organized for the IRS

The following information offers some great ideas and suggests the use of simple personal financial tools to help us organize our tax information better. Let’s go back to the basics and get our taxes ready for the next step: easy entry into our favorite money management software or tax preparation application.

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Traditional IRA versus 401k: Choosing The Right Retirement Account For Your Financial Planning Goals

As you work on your financial planning, you know you’ll need to save for your retirement. But with the various savings vehicles available, it may be hard to decide which way to go. How can tell if you should invest in an IRA or 401k? The following article and our suggested financial planning tools may be able to help.

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A Christmas Shopping Financial Planning Disaster

Train Wreck Tuesdays are a regular post of horrible financial mistakes. Today’s story involves a little bit of holiday shopping blooper…

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My Mom Stole My Identity

Train Wreck Tuesdays are a weekly post of horrible financial mistakes from our readers. This week’s story involves a very unfortunate identity theft that hits very close to home.

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A Basic Four-Step Financial Planning Guide to Buying Your First Home

Financial planning is something that we care about here at Mint. Learn more with great financial planning tips in our blog article index.

Are you ready to make one of the biggest financial planning steps of your life? The process of purchasing a new home can be both frightening and exhilarating! There is so much to [...]

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Financial Planning: The Three Banking Regulations / Laws That You Should Know

Ah. Banking regulations and laws, these are the stuff that truly inspires excitement — about as much excitement as watching another re-run of Everybody Loves Raymond. Taking the fun factor aside, here are three common banking regulations that you will come across everyday, which you should know just a little bit more about.

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